In the second, King Arthur and his court hold a banquet, where Merlin makes his entrance before ... an invaluable opportunity to study medieval manuscript craftsmanship and the evolution of ...

The stories are part of a French sequel to Arthurian legend, and its binding was repurposed in the 16th century ...

Historians from the University of Cambridge recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document that depicts the stories of King Arthur and Merlin, with its preservation considered a miracle.

What’s more, it has been determined to be part of the Suite Vulgate du Merlin, part of the Vulgate Cycle, a medieval narrative on the lives of King Arthur and Merlin. Though popular in its time ...

King Arthur, Merlin - yeah, these are those stories ... "Merlin" and its sequel were a medieval bestseller. SHAPIRO: So how was this rare story discovered centuries after it was written?

“It was first thought to be a 14th-century story about Sir Gawain but further examination revealed it to be part of the Old French Vulgate Merlin sequel, a different and extremely significant ...

University of Cambridge For centuries, the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Merlin, Guinevere and the ... king and eventually his presumed death, medieval writers told stories of power, greed ...