Cavalli straordinari dell’epica franco-italiana

Abstract

franco-italiana. Lo studio – caratterizzato da un costante dialogo con la letteratura cavalleresca
d’oltralpe – si concentra in particolar modo sulle immagini equine fantastiche, straordinarie,
presenti all’interno della Geste Francor, dell’Entrée d’Espagne e dell’Aquilon de Bavière.

The article intends to investigate the representational modalities of the horse in Franco-Italian
epic production. The study – marked by a constant dialogue with the chivalric literature written
in Old French – focuses in particular on the fantastic, extraordinary equine images present in the
Geste Francor, the Entrée d’Espagne and the Aquilon de Bavière.