Image taken from William Heywood, Palio and ponte: an account of the sports of central Italy from the age of Dante to the XXth century, London, 1904

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 no—The Ward of the Unicorn. 10. Contraba bella Civetta—The Ward of the Owl. 11. Contraba bel Nicchio—The Ward of the Shell. Terzo di Camollia. 12. Contraba bel Drago—The Ward of the Dragon. 13. Contraba bell Oca—The Ward of the Goose. 14. Contraba bella Giraffa—The Ward of the Giraffe. 15. Contraba bel Bruco—The Ward of the Caterpillar. 16. Contraba bella Lupa—The Ward of the She-wolf. 17. Contraba bell Istrice—The Ward of the Porcupine. (Such of the Contrade as are called by the names of animals have adoptedthose animals as their emblems. Thus the Lupa bears as its cognizance a she-wolf suckling the Twins, the Civetta an owl, and the CJiiocciola a snail. TheSelva displays upon its banner a rhinoceros beneath a tree, the Onda a dolphin,the Val di Montone a ram rampant, and the Torre an elephant with a tower on itsback. Of all the Contrade, the Nicchio alone is not represented by any livingthing, assuming as its device a shell surmounted by the Grand-ducal crown.) 258

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 jnuz THE MODERN PALIO III Benedictio Equorum et Animalium Adjutorium nostrum in nomine Domini;Qiti fecit ccehcm et terram.Domine, exaudi orationem meam;Et clamor metis ad te veniat.Dominus vobiscum ;Et cum> spiritu tuo. Oremus. Deus refugium nostrum et virtus : adesto piis Ecclesiaetuse precibus. Auctor ipse pietatis, et praesta, ut quod fideliterpetimus, efficaciter consequamur. Per Christum Dominumnostrum. Amen. Oremus. Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui gloriosum beatumAntonium variis tentationibus probatum, inter mundi hujusturbines illsesum abire fecisti; concede famulis tuis, ut etprseclaro ipsius proficiamus exemplo, et a praesentis vita;periculis ejus, mentis et intercessione liberemur. PerChristum Dominum nostrum. Amen, Oremus. Bene ^ dictionem tuam, Domine, ha;c animalia ac-cipiant, qua corpore salventur; et ab omni malo per inter-cessionem beati Antonii Hberentur. Per Christum Dominumnostrum. Amen. (Deinde aspergatur aqua denedicta.) 

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