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I think it's a
> two-horse carriage. Hence also the better-know word "quadriga", a
four-horse
> carriage. I guess you could also have a triga, but how you could span
three
> horses before a carriage is not quite clear.
That would be a TROIKA and it's Russian and a sledge. One horse as leader;
two horses behind. Then sledge.
Also (troika) used as a political metaphor for government by 3 supposed
equals.
Sorry. OT but not OTT
Brenda.
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> Frans van Liere
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> Dear Listmembers,
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> I wonder if someone could tell me what the word "Biga" could mean in the
> context of the phrase below. It appears in an MS of English origin (13th
> century) that I am studying. After the phrase come several verses which do
> nothing to clarify its meaning.
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> Many thanks,
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> Ilya
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> Biga communitatis fratrum minorum Ebor
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