Two Greek pottery painters - their chariot horses

 Salvete Omnes,

two VI [6th] century BC painters from the ancient Greek world - in the theme of Iliad 

Exekias  -  the pottery from the MET.

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Painter of the Vatican Mourner -

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Oldenburg Horse - some historic photos Archive.org

 Salvete Omnes,

Graff Anton von Oldenburg and his horse graced these pages last year.

. so today just some images and a link to a fine book on the Oldenburger breed from Northern Federal Republic of Germany. 

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enjoy

Valete

Cheiron - lecture on Medieval curb bits and hinged bits

 Salvete Omnes

MET German curb bit

Cheiron Journal has many podcasts on their Yt channel, and today I would like to point your horses to this presentation on the Medieval Curb and Hinged Bits..

The lecturer also uses my  own art from 2012 (eg used here  - a spade bit diagram with explanation. 

.some Medieval bits

John Clark's article on the archeology of Medieval bits in England.

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Ottoman Turkish horsemen - Niklas Stor

 Salvete Omnes,

summer is in its dog days - 
I corralled some woodcuts from a German artist Niklas Stor (1503-1562)  depicting the Ottoman Turkish warriors. During this period  the Ottoman empire, Hungarian kingdom and German Reich entered into almost continued warfare. 

Master Niklas' work, in the tradition of master Albrecht Durer, provides plenty of information on the Ottoman riders and their equipment. 

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. jasyr ( esir/asir - captives in captivity)

 

two camels(Bactrian & dromedary)  

& a giraffe 

enjoy

Valete