ESTOIRE DE MERLIN BNF fr 95 f 113
ESTOIRE DE MERLIN BNF fr. 95, f. 113 v (source)
Lancelot-Grail Cycle AKA: Vulgate Cycle, Prose Lancelot*, Pseudo-Map Cycle Texts and Composition Dates Estoire del saint Graal (after 1230) Estoire de Merlin (after 1230) Lancelot (1215 -1220) Queste del saint Graal (1220 -1225) Mort Artu (1225 -1230)
Extant Manuscripts ~150 fragmentary or full manuscripts of the five parts of the Lancelot -Grail Cycle Partial list available here: http: //www. lancelot-project. pitt. edu/LGweb/Arthur-LG-Chron. Geog. html Some MSS are richly illustrated Housed primarily in France, United Kingdom, Italy, United States, Belgium
Author Robert de Boron Wrote a verse version of Merlin, on which the prose version is based Also wrote a verse version of the Estoire del saint Graal Merlin & Blaise Within the text itself, Merlin dictates the story to Blaise, a scribe
Characters Merlin’s parents Guenevere Merlin Niniane/Viviane Blaise False Guenevere Uther Pendragon Lancelot Ygerne Arthur Morgan Mordred
Sources Burns, E. Jane. “Introduction. ” Lancelot-Grail: The Old French Arthurian Vulgate and Post-Vulgate in Translation. Vol 1. Ed. Norris Lacy. New York: Routledge, 2010. xv-xxxiii. Lancelot-Graal Project. http: //www. lancelotproject. pitt. edu/lancelot-project. html.
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