03-22-2014, 04:25 PM
I think that there is plenty of evidence of feather crests in earlier Italian periods, but many of the early breeds of horse and pony had erect manes - people of any culture seeing these archetypal crests on a daily basis would be inclined to make use of them.
Martin
Fac me cocleario vomere!
Fac me cocleario vomere!