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Alternative Title
Babieca
Description
A molded (hollow) metal horse figurine depicted standing upright on all four legs. The horse is silver in color, molded with an elaborately decorated charro saddle, covered stirrups, fancy parade bridle and breast collar. A chain, similar to a necklace chain, has been secured through a hole in the mouth area to simulate reins.
8. Babieca. The horse of Spain’s legendary hero, the Cid (El Cid, Arabic for “the lord”), Don Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar (1040-1099). This horse survived its master by some two and a half years, during which time it was kept saddled and richly caparisoned, but no one was permitted to ride it.
Exhibit label:
BABIECA, THE HORSE OF THE CID.
A gift from Wiglerus, Prince (and afterward King) of Denmark.
—Hamlet Had an Uncle.
Dimensions (Length x Width x Height in cm)
15 x 3 x 13
Personal Name Subject
Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958; Cid, approximately 1043-1099; Hamlet (Legendary character)
Topical Subject
Horses; Figurines; Legends--Spain
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 8, Babieca, James Branch Cabell Horse Figurine collection, M 377, Box 2, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
m377_i008.jpg