Celtic chariot from a stele from Padua

 Salvete Omnes,

for long time I have been thinking about  posting something about the Celtic chariot of the Iron Age.

While looking at the photos of the 2018 exhibit in Italy - A cavallo del tiemp - on display at the Lemon House in Florence, Italy, I came across this  amazing stele from Museo Civico in Padua. (all images from Wiki Commons). 

The object come from pre-Roman period, when the Veneti people fought and traded with the Cisalpine Celtic people west, south, north and north-east  of their own Veneto. 

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Stele funeraria preromana con carro celtico, da via ognissanti a padova (musei eremitani)  

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a close ups 

Mike Loades has this article on his page - about reconstructing the Iron Age Celtic Chariot. 

On Academia.org there are many articles about the chariot of the Celts. 

eg Celtic chariot in Bulgaria.  

from Chariot to Cavalry.

Chariots from Iberia .

Newbridge, Scotland chariot - on page 60 detailed reconstruction drawings of this chariot (including dimensions).

Celtic chariots in Slovenia. 

enjoy 

Valete

Esaias van de Velde - ambuscades & attacks

 Salvete  Omnes,

a short entry - Esaias van de Velde (1587-1630AD) - already  I posted one entry on maestro Esaias's drawings last year.

So perhaps a few of his works showing his paintings depicting ambuscades and attacks on the travelers etc in the countryside (he was a master of landscape painting).

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. some details from Esaias van de Velde's paintings 

Valete

The fall of Seleucids and the Raise of Parthia - Nikolaus Overtoom's dissertation

 Salvete Omnes,

I enjoy reading, studying and drawing about the ancient Parthia and their history in the context of the  equestrian history of Eurasia - so a short entry today

  - the entire dissertation of dr Nikolaus Overtoom is available on the LSU website - Challenging Roman Domination: The End of Hellenistic Rule and the Rise of the Parthian State from the Third to the First Centuries BCE (2016)

You could also listen to several Parthian history presentations by dr Overtoom on Yt eg the Lecture on   Parthia,.  On the Parthian Empire.

enjoy 

Enjoy

Tang riding horse harness terminology

 Salvete Omnes,

Tang Dynasty period in Chinese history is famous for the ceramics in shape of horse and horse & rider. 

I have a book - actually an exhibit catalog from  the Kentucky Horse Park (published 2000AD).
Title: The Imperial China, The Art of the Horse in Chinese (review). 
In the Chapter: The Horse in Chinese History by Bill Cooke (director emeritus of the International Museum of the Horse at the Kentucky Horse Park) there is a description of the Chinese terminology around the Tang Dynasty period. 

The author provided information on the horse harness terminology -

Jisheng on the crouper harness

Bridle- 'luotou' and the Bit - 'Youle' with cheek-bars - 'Biao'

Saddle - 'An'

Pommel and cantle saddle with tree bars

High pommel saddle with a saddle cover, saddle pad, saddle mud guard, and stirrups

Behind the saddle, to the saddle tree Tang saddlemakers added 4-6 straps hanging down the saddle pad

horse with a crenellated mane

Saddle-pad - 'cun' and  Saddle mud-screen -  'zhang-ni'

Saddle cover - 'Anfu'

Saddle cinch/girth - 'Fudai'

Breastplate/breast-strap - 'Panxiong'

Crouper/crupper - 'Qiu'

Apricot/peach leaf ornament - 'Xingye'

Cranellated /crenelated mane - 'three flower' 'Sanhua'

Bounded Tail -  'Fuwei'

Crupper saddle adornment -'Jisheng' (parasite), also a version known as 'Fire pearl ' - 'Hounzhu'

enjoy

Valete