Equestrian Polish, Eurasian and the Americas history and horsemanship - from Bronze Age to circa1939AD. Historical equestrian art, my own artwork; reconstructions, and some traditional art media and digital artwork-related topics. All rights reserved unless permitted by 'Dariusz caballeros' aka DarioTW, copyleft or fair use.
Friday, June 9, 2017
Roman curb-bits - HS in Classical Philology
Salvete omnes,
continuing with the ancient bits or rather curb-bits I would like to bring to your attention the following article - 'Ancient Roman Curb Bits' from the Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol 11 (1900) - available on Archive library or JSTOR- authored by Robert Emmons Lee.
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ancient texts resources compiled by Harvard Department of the Classics
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horse bit selection and nomenclature from Oklahoma State University - a pdf file.
W. Robert Cook - on horse mouth anatomy....
F.C Grenside- Essays on horse subject. https://archive.org/details/essaysonhorsesub00gren
ReplyDeletemajor Francis Dwyer, Seats and saddles - https://archive.org/details/seatssaddlesbits00dwyerich
Jenyns C. Battersby, Bridle and Bits - https://archive.org/details/bridlebitstrea00batt