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St. George, The Holy Knight
by Giovanni Battista Tomassini There is a figure that more than any other influenced the equestrian imagination: that of St. George, the Holy Knight, who over the centuries became the symbol of chivalrous…
09/08/2013 -
The bit that tamed the flying horse: Pegasus and Bellerophon
by Giovanni Battista Tomassini In the thirteenth of his Olimpyan odes, Pindar tells that the prince of Corinth, Bellerophon, suffered for a long time in the attempt to ride the untamed winged horse,…
07/01/2013
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