If he had been born in France, and not at the maternity hospital of the “Sœurs de la Miséricorde” in Montreal, on 17 April 1968, we might have been talking about the “sixty-eigth” syndrome to try and explain the incredible career of Éric Lamaze, a gifted modern show jumper. A journey made up of many […]
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Patrizia Arquint, the Italian researcher behind her work
Patrizia Arquint (1955) is a well-known expert on Italian Renaissance manuscripts and equestrian works. But don’t think she’s claiming it. The extremely discreet Mrs. Arquint, holder of the Chair of Romance Philology at the University of Florence (prof. Lucia Lazzerini), doctor of research (Doctor Europaeus, XIX cycle) at the European Doctoral School of Romance Philology […]
The horse at the heart of the futuristic “Médiathèque de Deauville”
On October 11, 2019, Philippe Augier, Mayor of Deauville and promoter of the so-called “Médiathèque Les Franciscaines”, signed a contract with Éric Hoyeau, President of Arqana, one of the world’s leading racehorse auction agencies, whose ties to Deauville are as obvious as they are historic, under which the operator undertook to provide financial support for […]
Tim Cox’s Great Library
With more than 18,000 references and therefore as many books and documents devoted exclusively to racing and thoroughbreds collected over forty years, Tim Cox could appear to be eccentric, bulimic, insane. And yet, it was a completely different man, discreet, affable, sensitive, measured, who received us in his small mansion in Dorking (Surrey) which he […]
At the heart of the Condé Museum’s Cabinet des Livres with Marie Pierre Dion
One cannot enter the “Cabinet des Livres” set up by the Duke of Aumale (1822-1897) in the “little castle” of Chantilly, also known as the Condé Museum, without feeling a strong emotion, a real shock. If that’s what the man who has often been known to book enthusiasts as the “Prince of Bibliophiles” wanted about […]