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A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 1 (of 2)

Note 1352 — STIRRUPS.

William Johnston translation

This inscription may be found in Thom. Porcacchi Funerali Antichi. Venet. 1574, fol. p. 14.

“Dis pedip. saxum Cinciæ dorsiferæ et cluniferæ, Ut insultare et desultare commodetur, Pub. Crassus mulæ suæ Crassæ bene ferenti Suppedaneum hoc cum risu pos.”

Here Dis pedip. seems to be an imitation of Dis Manibus; saxum of the usual word sacrum: and bene ferenti of bene merenti.

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