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The Saracen Joust in Piazza Navona (part 2)
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini In the first part of this article we analyzed the rules of the Saracen Joust in the seventeenth century. In this second part, we discover the complex dramaturgy of…
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The Saracen Joust in Piazza Navona (part 1)
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini With the typical unscrupulousness of the Popes of the time, in 1628, Urban VIII ordained his nephew as cardinal when he was just twenty. In a short time,…
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The cheerfulness of the horse. Giovanni de Gamboa, a pupil of Pignatelli
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini “The cheerfulness of the horse is the most beautiful part of him, and the most valuable.” I think this sentence is enough to guess the great interest, but…
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In horseback riding “it always remains something to desire”
CLICK TO READ MOREby Giovanni Battista Tomassini “In the military art there is no discipline more beautiful of this of the Horses, which is not only adorned with beautiful effects; but it is necessary and…
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