Salvete Omnes,
back to blogging from a little hiatus - :)
Medieval manuscript painting, very beautiful as usual, is back,
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| three young women appear to be riding side-saddles, their mounts are palfreys that have been bitted with a curb-bit |
and we are back in the XIV century
Les Grandes Chroniques de France,continuing from my last post.
This time I am sharing with you more images of tack and riding technique - details of the page illuminations*
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| the length of the dress skirts on the grey horse-mounted rider seems to indicate that this is a woman, so perhaps she is riding a side saddle |
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| A Royal female personage is riding astride and is carrying a baby, the bushes hide horses front so we don't know if it is a pacing horse |
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| Palfreys and hunting dogs, horses appear not to be shod |
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| the small horse seems to be used as a sumpter or pack horse, but it has been bitted with a curb-bit,so perhaps a rouncey? |
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| clearly a team of carriage animals - royal personage is being carried in a basterna(litter) |
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| the basterna drivers-riders use but a whip or stick while instead of a full bridle they use a rope halter or a version of hackamore |
enjoy
Valete!
*each image has a title after its manuscript page number
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