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Alternative Title
Ferrant d’Espagne
Description
A small glazed ceramic horse figurine with mane, forelock and tail texture represented in the molding. Hair is grey, while the horse's body color is turquoise, a fanciful color not found in nature. The legs are thin and delicate, and the left rear leg has been broken. Similar in style to Horse 37.
23. Ferrant d’Espagne. The horse of Oliver of Sutri, who alone in single combat proved the equal of Roland (cf. Veillantif) in the French legends, or chanson des gestes, concerning Charlemagne.
Exhibit label:
FERRANT D'ESPAGNE, THE HORSE OF OLIVER.
A gift from Edgar Allan Poe, Esq.
—The Seventeenth Letter, in Ladies and Gentlemen.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
7 x 1 x 4.5
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Chansons de geste; Knights and knighthood; Folklore--France; Roland (Legendary character)
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
figures (representations)
Type
Physical Object
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
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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 23, Ferrant d’Espagne, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m377_i023.jpg