Coat Colors over Time
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admin wrote:I think that is a
[quote=admin]I think that is a zebra, especially as it is along side a gazelle. Sorry I can't help with the Latin. Your project sounds awesome can't wait to see it finished.[/quote]
I had gotten that impression, too, but there are other mosaics and things with definite horses and gazelles together. Like: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mharrsch/2…
Could still be a zebra. I guess. I just want to rock the boat.
EDIT: That and Romans would have seen zebras since they were brought back to Rome and taught to pulls carts and whatnot.
Also, I'd assume Xanthos is a
Also, I'd assume Xanthos is a reference to the mythical horse? Like did they call horses Xanthos colored? Were they referring to the fact that they looked like Xanthos?
http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Mythology…
http://commons.wikimedia.org/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:…
here's some buckskins from the Han dynasty
http://i55films.photoshelter.com/galler…
sorrel and a grey from india
http://www.trojanhorse2011.com/updates/…
the leaping bull sure looks frame, but alas it is not a horse
http://wpcontent.answcdn.com/wikipedia/…
no clue what this color is supposed to be
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:…
more that look buckskin
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.ph…
oodles of old frescos
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.ph…
some of those aren't very old haha, but there are some good ones in there
Thanks Krickette! Xanthos was
Thanks Krickette! Xanthos was a fairly common horse name I think? It referred to the color.
Here's an example: http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art…
Not sure what they mean by "yellow," though. Buckskin, palomino, bay dun, pearl, double dilute dunskin??? They need to be more descriptive.
"yellow" as in "claybank"
"yellow" as in "claybank" referred to a very particular shade of dun, like what Lorne Greene rode in Bonanza, in the wild west, which was also heavily Hispanic-influenced, if that's any help.
When I was in Greece, I don't remember hearing the word "xanthos" used in conjunction with the pali gelding that was at the barn at which I rode, and he was more "yellow" than "gold", if that's any help.
Diane
I think that is a zebra,
I think that is a zebra, especially as it is along side a gazelle. Sorry I can't help with the Latin. Your project sounds awesome can't wait to see it finished.