The Order of Chivalry: 11. Reason and the Horse's Shaffron

A piece for neo-medieval pipe organ.
"The Book of the Order of Chivalry" (c. 1275), was written by Ramon Llull (1232-1315), a polymath and Christian mystic from Majorca. Llull thought that knights should be chosen, trained, and ordained like priests. Llull’s book became a handbook of chivalry throughout much of Europe. Being a Christian mystic, of course he writes about Chivalry using Christian vocabulary. But I think his ideas transcend any particular Spiritual Tradition.
In this piece, Llull compares Reason to the horse's shaffron (armor that protects the horse's head). For more detail, see here:
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An overview of "The Order of Chivalry", and a linked table of contents to all my blogs/videos on various chapters of Llull's book can be found here:
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