Preview
Alternative Title
Brigliardoro
Description
A tiny bisqueware horse with painted black tail and hooves. Its head is bend forward as if it were grazing. Similar in style and size to Horse 17.
13. Brigliadoro. The horse of Orlando, in Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso.
Exhibit label:
BRIGLIADORO, THE HORSE OF ORLANDO OF ANGLANT.
A gift from Ruth Universal.
—"Ruth Universal" in Special Delivery.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
2.5 x 1 x 1.5
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Ariosto, Lodovico, 1474-1533. Orlando furioso; Knights and knighthood
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
figures (representations)
Type
Physical Object
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by VCU. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine Collection
Source
Horse 13, Brigliardoro, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m377_i013.jpg