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I'd allow it, but I'd impose a Riding check penalty equal to the off-hand weapon penalty. If one were trying to be at all realistic (not a criticism! I avoid reality myself!) I'd say no. Try riding a horse with a ten foot 2-by-four under each arm.

But wasn't there a King Arthur movie recently where Sir Lancelot did just that?

Great idea! It sounds like you want your characters to roleplay learning the ancient language. If I wanted to prevent all players from learning it at the same rate, I'd create something like a one-shot memory crystal - it imparts a vision of the past for one character and is then useless. One could also impose a knowledge penalty similar to Call of Cthhulu - suffer a progressive loss of Sanity from learning a language Not Meant For Man.