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A very important discovery: the equestrian treatise of the Lord of Lugny
by Giovanni Battista Tomassini In an absorbing and very interesting book, just published in France, Frédéric Magnin presents a hitherto unknown equestrian treatise of a French author of the late Renaissance. It…
29/11/2019 -
Dom Duarte’s travel
by Giovanni Battista Tomassini When in 1820, José Xavier Dias da Silva discovered that a large in folio volume kept in the Royal Library of Paris contained two manuscripts, hitherto unknown, of…
26/12/2017 -
Coats, socks, blazes and the theory of humors
by Giovanni Battista Tomassini In ancient times and up to the Renaissance and beyond, it was a widespread belief that the color and markings (such as socks, blazes and other markings) of the…
04/09/2013 -
The Spanish Walk: classic exercise or circus trick?
by Giovanni Battista Tomassini There has been much discussion in the past, and horse lovers still are debating, if the so-called “Spanish walk” should be considered an exercise of the classical High School,…
02/02/2013
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