tjw quoted Seeking Sicily by John Keahey
An American, Henry Tuckerman, writing in the 1830s, said a litter he saw near the temple of Segesta in western Sicily "was rudely painted with the effigies of saints and martyrs." Late nineteenth-century writer Baron Gonzalve de Nervo reported seeing, on the north coast near Palermo, a small cart painted blue with images of the Virgin and saints on the side panels. His was an early description of the horses, which he said had colored plumes on their heads and wore harnesses with designs in copper or gilded heads of nails.
— Seeking Sicily by John Keahey (Page 29)
