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Horse 5, Arundel

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: A small cream-colored molded plastic or resin horse figurine, depicted as standing with its front left leg raised. The figure stands on a thin black rectangular base that has short half-spheres that serve as feet. Similar in style to Horse 41.5. Arundel. The horse of Bevis of Southampton, about whom was written an anonymous medieval romance, and whose exploits are recorded likewise in Drayton’s Polyolbion. It is believed that the first form of this romance dates from the tenth century and was based upon the original story of Hamlet in Danish legends.Exhibit label:ARUNDEL, THE HORSE OF BEVIS OF SOUTHAMPTON.A gift from Rhadamanthus, Judge of All Mankind.

Source: VCU Scholars Compass (Virginia Commonwealth University)

Language: English

Topic: Medieval Literature and History

Subfield: Classics

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7153679203

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