Resumen de Der Stauferkaiser Friedrich II. und die Pferde: Versuch über den Bamberger Reiter aus ikonographischer und hippologischer Sicht
A study of the Bamberger Reiter equestrian statue in Bamberg Cathedral, Bamberg, Germany, supports arguments in favor of identifying the rider with Friedrich II. Following a general introduction to this work and the state of research about it, the writer addresses various issues of equestrian typology and iconography; examines a number of sources confirming the subject's identification with the king, and Latin and German medieval epic literature on the equestrian theme; highlights the message of humility, peace, and justice conveyed by the statue; and briefly comments on the understanding of the king's image. She argues that this work can be regarded as the earliest surviving monumental equestrian statue of late antiquity and comments on its given dating to “after 1233.”
