Some horse related drawings by E. Viollet-le-Duc

Salvete Omnes,

dog days of the summer - I 'corralled' for  us some medieval equestrian drawings by the XIX century French architect and mastermind of many restoration project  Eugene E. Viollet-le-Duc

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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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