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Merlin is a partly lost French epic poem written by Robert de Boron in Old French and dating from either the end of the 12th [2] or beginning of the 13th century. [3] The author reworked Geoffrey of Monmouth's material on the legendary Merlin, emphasising Merlin's power to prophesy and linking him to the Holy Grail. [4]
The extended prose rendering of Merlin was incorporated as a foundation of the Lancelot-Grail, a vast cyclical series of Old French prose works also known as the Vulgate Cycle, in the form of the Estoire de Merlin (Story of Merlin), also known as the Vulgate Merlin or the Prose Merlin. There, while not identifying his mother, it is stated that ...
The Lancelot-Grail is a modern title invented by Ferdinand Lot. [1] The Vulgate Cycle (also known as the Vulgate Version of Arthurian Romances), from the Latin editio vulgata, [2] "common version", is another modern title that was popularised (albeit not invented [3]) by H. Oskar Sommer.
Robert de Boron is considered the author of two surviving poems in octosyllabic verse, the Grail story Joseph d’Arimathie, ou le Roman de l’estoire dou Graal and Merlin; the latter survives only in fragments and in later version rendered in prose (possibly too by Robert himself).
The Post-Vulgate Estoire del Saint Grail, which did not differ significantly from the Vulgate version. It tells the story of Joseph of Arimathea and his son Josephus, who brings the Holy Grail to Britain. The Post-Vulgate Estoire de Merlin, which also bears but few changes from the Vulgate. It concerns Merlin and the early history of Arthur.
Merlin is a 1998 two-part television miniseries starring Sam Neill as Merlin, recounting the wizard's life in the mythic history of Britain. Loosely adapted from the legendary tales of Camelot , the plot adds the antagonistic Queen Mab and expands Merlin's backstory before the birth of King Arthur .
Sir Galahad takes the Siege Perilous at the Round Table, in a 15th-century illustration. In Arthurian legend, the Siege Perilous (Welsh: Gwarchae Peryglus, also known as The Perilous Seat, Welsh: Sedd Peryglus) is a vacant seat at the Round Table reserved by Merlin for the knight who would one day be successful in the quest for the Holy Grail.
Henry Lovelich (fl. mid-15th c.), also known as Herry Lovelich, and Lovelich the Skinner, was an English poet of 15th-century London.He is best known as a translator into Middle English verse of Robert de Borron's lengthy Arthurian poems written in French: The History of the Holy Grail and The Romance of Merlin.