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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Death on Horseback chasing a Flying Knight - S. Vrancx

Salvete Omnes,

from the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Art -
a drawing (c. 1631AD) by the Flemish master Sebastian Vrancx- Death on Horseback chasing a Flying night.

there is a text that translated reads - No man is so clever, nor animal so swift, Death overtakes them all.

Splendid mustache on the flying knight

. The flying horseman does not appear as a Western (Flemish, Spanish, French or German) knight, but pretty much an Eastern European - Polish, Hungarian or Croatian light horseman. Although he does not have a cravat like the fables Croatian riders did, so perhaps a Polish or Hungarian equues. 

Curb-bit with some very long shanks

He is wielding with a nadziak or horseman pick, while Death fires a pistol at the flying rider.
He has a pair of pistols (we see one in a holster) and powder flask at the belt (and presumably a long firearm hanging on his pendant), a sabre at the side and a broadsword under the thigh. 
His booted feet are firmly placed in the typical Eastern European stirrups, and his half-calf boots end with rowel spurs.
All and all a Polish or Hungarian light cavalry officer or companion.

 

the end of his long firearm visible under the horse's belly

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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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Giulio Romano - Salone dei Cavalli

 Salvete Omnes,

A short but very beautifully illuminated entry -  Italian Renaissance horse in a tranquil glory

Giulio Romano (1499-1546) - frescoes from Salone Grande di Cavalli, for Frederico II Gonzaga in his Palazzo del Te, in Mantua, Italy.

Frederico II by Tizian/Titian  

Favorite steeds of the prince - 

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Abraham Teniers' saddles, pistol holsters & cavalry weapons from the guardroom

 Salvete Omnes, 

Flemish master David Teniers the Elder had 4 sons who became painters and masters in their own right. 
David Teniers the Younger achieved the most notoriety, but his younger brother Abraham also was noted for this popular guardroom scenes theme.

In these paintings we can observe numerous pieces of equipment, including fine saddles, armor, weapons, even our Central European  (Polish, Hungarian or Croat) weaponry - sabre and nadziak/war hammer. 

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drums and pistol with a young black groom carrying a sword

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