In the clear light Of the fire, [Perceval] could see, behind him, The page in charge of his weapons And armor, and handed him The sword, to hold with the rest. And then he rejoined his host, Who’d done him so great an honor. They sat in a hall lit As brightly as candles can […]
via The Great Myths #10: The Holy Grail Appears (Old French) — word and silence
December 14, 2017 at 5:25 PM
Thanks James for the reblog. Nice to see you blogging about Latimer too; I’ve been going through Keith Thomas’s Religion & the Decline of Magic right now, & Latimer is quoted throughout. I imagine nearly all of Thomas’s sources are pre-1700.