28o DISSERTATION ON THE 



lar and body-girth : the one called * >.B7txhx ; th e 

 other MaaxoiT^KTTn^ic. The Lepadna^ or Collar, was a 

 thick broad leathern belt, confifting, to all appearance , 

 of feveral folds fluck together, and bound at the edges ; 

 fo cut and fhaped as to fit the neck and breaft, with- 

 out prefling or pinching in one part more than in an- 

 other, when buttoned on. This collar, and the man- 

 ner of buttoning it, may be feen in the drawing, {Fig. 

 C a,") taken partly from the horfes over the great gate 

 of St. Mark's church at Venice, and partly from a bafTo 

 relievo in the temple of Jupiter at Spalatro. The fame 

 collar, with fcarce the leafl: change of form, may be 

 feen in numberlefs examples, although not perhaps 

 with the fame diftinftnefs. 



The body-girth, or Mafchalifteris, {Fig. C b,"" was alfo a 

 broad leathern belt ; this alfo may be feen in almoft 

 every exemplar of the chariot and horfes. 



{FigXc.) Both thefe were fixed to the yoke which lay 

 upon the withers, bound to it by xhefubjugia, ox jugalia 

 hra. The collar was more particularly applied in 

 drawing ; the latter in keeping fteady, and flopping the 

 carriage. From the manner in which the horfes were 

 harnefled to the yoke, no other tackling was neceflary, 

 or ever ufed, unlefs fome trappings, or ornamental ad- 

 ditions ; but, flridlly fpeaking, the collar, girth, hra 

 jugalia, and yoke, were all the harnefs properly fo 

 called. 



* Iliad V. 729. 



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