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Re: Norman supply or baggage train

found have either a collar or a simple breast strap type harness

My experience as well. With equids a collar more or less sits on the scapula- shoulder blade and the harness on the sternum.
Oxen have thicker set necks so they can pull with a yoke. The yoke tends to be umpteen variations of this:



the drawbar fixes to the loop in the middle.

David

Re: Norman supply or baggage train

Found a better way to search for images here:

http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet

go to "Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts" and search for "wagon" and "cart" which brings up a fair few results..

Cheers