Pietro Monte's Collectanea by Jeffrey L. Forgeng

Author:Jeffrey L. Forgeng [Forgeng, Jeffrey L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Antiques & Collectibles, Firearms & Weapons, History, Medieval
ISBN: 9781787441781
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 2018-05-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 91: The jineta saddle used by the Spanish and Africans128

Jineta saddles, or saddles for light riding in the Spanish manner, commonly have a major defect since the points of the arçons are very low, so that when there is a small impact or some other mishap, the rider is thrown to the ground. Therefore the points should be almost as high as the rear midpoint, encompassing our legs well: since we tend to fall to the sides rather than backward over the middle of the arçon, the sides should be be the same height as the rest of the arçons. Both the front and rear arçons should be tall so that the rider can be kept as secure as he wishes and also protected from blows. The forward arçon should angle somewhat toward the neck. Also in this saddle there should be a little urtus where we can steady our knees, to keep us from falling from an impact or some other mishap. But the urti should angle forward so that we can gather our legs. The seat of the saddle, and the arçons where we are in contact with them, should be soft, yielding to the touch: this way we feel the encounter less. If they are hard, any blow can bring harm. The girth for this saddle should be solid in the middle but split at the ends, so that one part attaches under the forward arçon, the other under the rear.

To keep <e6r> our body and spear firm, the rear arçon should have a goodly concavity in the middle where our spinal cord sits, for when we hit that part hard it makes us falter. Therefore we should be sure to have the rear arçon rounded, although from the outside it may appear to be flat or not so round.

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