"He taught him horsemanship, archery and how to wield lasso, rein and stirrup, and what and when and how, the rites of of convivial society, of formal ceremony and the symposium; hawking, falconry and how to hunt with the cheetah; what was justice or the lack of it; what the throne and the crown meant; how to deliver orations and how to go to war and lead an army."
The Shahnameh (courtesy of R.A.W.)
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Pigeon Art
By Jose Morales y Serrano of Sevilla and Albuquerque. This was for the first ed of Aloft.
I also have "Kneeling woman with English Carrier" somewhere in the archives...
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