Aus der "Ceremoniel-Wissenschafft der grossen Herren", aus dem IV. Capitul. Roßballette, Carouselle, Ringre...

§1. The name 'Carouselle' derives from the Curribus solis, Carro del sole, the sun-chariot of the Ancient Romans […]

§2. The 'runners' have to race after rings or impaled heads with their lances, to throw their javelins at them, to shoot at them with pistols or to pick up a head lying on the ground with the sword […]

§3. At carousels one usually aims at displayed Turks’ heads. […]

§7. The leaders of the quadrilles are customarily princes or the most high-ranking officers from the army or civil service. They 'distinguish' themselves by their accoutrements of lances, dress, horses and accompanying pages and lackeys.

From the *Einleitung zur Ceremoniel-Wissenschafft der großen Herren*, *IV. Capitul: Roßballette, Carouselle, Ringrennen* by Julius Bernhard Rohr, 1729, which gives an account of aristocratic ‘divertissements’ such as celebrations for coronations, weddings or funerals, processions through the imperial capital, tournaments, carousels and equestrian ballets, carnivals and masquerades, sleigh drives, operas, ballets and firework displays.