Coat Colors over Time
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Frame and champagne both
Frame and champagne both occurred in North America so they are pretty recent. Pearl is older since there is reference to it in Iberian horses for quite a ways back. Silver is at least 1000 years old as it is in the Icelandic herds; splash also.
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.
If you have any specific
If you have any specific Latin questions, I was going to go visit my old Latin teacher this week to pick up my old Gladius I made. I could ask him for you.
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…
Heres some cruddy cell phone
Heres some cruddy cell phone pics from the museum we went to in toronto. I don't have any details on any of them though, I just took pictures of all the ponies.
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
I would bet those Han dynasty
I would bet those Han dynasty horses are bay duns rather than buckskins. One of the images has a stripe on its back and we know that bay duns are common 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 understood "Xanthos" to
I understood "Xanthos" to mean shining/ fiery and always thought of this horse as a blood bay or blood chestnut
Here you go:
ξανθός = blond, fair
So, probably nearer to a Palomino or a flaxen Chestnut?
Xanthos and Balios were the
Xanthos and Balios were the name of the horses who drew Achilles' chariot during the Trojan war. I thought one was supposed to be dapple gray and the other golden colored.
So the joke all these years
So the joke all these years has been that Xanthos was the grey?? ymwhisle
NZ Appaloosas wrote:So the
[quote=NZ Appaloosas]So the joke all these years has been that Xanthos was the grey?? ymwhisle[/quote]
ymwhisle :rofl
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.