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Lancelot-Graal (Queste, Mort Artu)
La mise par écrit des aventures
Tournai, vers 1320-1330Parchemin, 130 f. (2 col. de 37 lignes), 302 x 230 mm
BnF, Manuscrits, français 1424 (f. 55 v°)
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The Lancelot–Grail, also known as the Prose Lancelot, the Vulgate Cycle, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle, is a major source of Arthurian legend written in French. It is a series of five prose volumes that tell the story of the quest for the Holy Grail and the romance of Lancelot and Guinevere. The major parts are early 13th century, but scholarship has few definitive answers as to the authorship. An attribution to Walter Map is discounted, since he died too early to be the author. This cycle of works was one of the most important sources of Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur.

Lancelot-Graal (Queste, Mort Artu)

La mise par écrit des aventures

Tournai, vers 1320-1330
Parchemin, 130 f. (2 col. de 37 lignes), 302 x 230 mm

BnF, Manuscrits, français 1424 (f. 55 v°)

@credits

The Lancelot–Grail, also known as the Prose Lancelot, the Vulgate Cycle, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle, is a major source of Arthurian legend written in French. It is a series of five prose volumes that tell the story of the quest for the Holy Grail and the romance of Lancelot and Guinevere. The major parts are early 13th century, but scholarship has few definitive answers as to the authorship. An attribution to Walter Map is discounted, since he died too early to be the author. This cycle of works was one of the most important sources of Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur.

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