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Alternative Title
Bayard
Description
10. Bayard. The horse of Duke Aymon of Dordogne (as fetched to him from out of hell by the sorcerer Malagigi), and later of Aymon’s sons, which grew smaller or larger as one or more of them mounted it. There is an anonymous mediaeval romance, The Four Sons of Aymon, and the chief of them, Rinaldo of Montalban, was among the twelve paladins of Charlemagne. In Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso Bayard becomes Bayardo, a partly divine wild horse, once the property of Amadis of Gaul, and Rinaldo is represented as its captor and subsequent master.
A gift from Diego de Arredondo Dodd of St. Augustine, Florida.
Physical Description
This figurine was unavailable at the time of digitization. An imaginative rendering was created by Minuet Curry. In it, a blue horse is mid-prance, moving to the right, holding it's head high.
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Folklore--France; Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando furioso; Romances; Chansons de geste; Knights and knighthood
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
figures (representations)
Type
Physical Object
Digital Format
image/png
Language
eng
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Rights
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Collection
James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine Collection
Source
Horse 10, Bayard, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
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