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Alternative Title
Veillantif
Description
A small glazed ceramic horse figurine, colored a fanciful turquoise. The horse stands upright with its head raised, looking attentively up and to the right. The figurine's left front leg has been broken.
53. Veillantif. The horse of Roland, the most famous of all the paladins of Charlemagne in the French legends concerning that emperor. In the Italian versions, Roland becomes Orlando, and Veillantif is called Brigliardoro (q.v.).
Exhibit label:
VEILLANTIF, THE HORSE OF ROLAND.
A gift from Joseph Hergesheimer.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
4 x 2 x 7
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; Hergesheimer, Joseph, 1880-1954
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Chansons de geste; Knights and knighthood; 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 53, Veillantif, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 1, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m377_i053.jpg