Re: Arthurian material goof

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Poster: "Rowanwald Central" <rownwald@gte.net>

We could argue for a rich oral tradition also, based on the stone frieze of
an archivolt in Modena Cathedral (Italy), which shows the abduction of
Guinevere and her rescue by Arthur and his Knights. The carving has the
names of the ppl running above the scenes, and dates from c1100-1125,
predating Geoffrey of Monmouth's _History_ .

Rosine of Rowanwald

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> From: Stephanie M. Thorson <smt2@st-andrews.ac.uk>
> To: Merry Rose <atlantia@atlantia.sca.org>
> Subject: Arthurian material goof
> Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 14:02
> 
> 
> Poster: "Stephanie M. Thorson" <smt2@st-andrews.ac.uk>
> 
> It has been tactfully pointed out to me that in my enthusiasm for the
> early French Arthurian romances, I skipped right over the grandaddy of
the
> whole genre:  Geoffrey of Monmouth's _Historia Regum Britanniae_ (History
> of the Kings of Britain), which predates Chretien de Troyes by a couple
> decades.  Oops.  Geoffrey is cheaply and easily available in Penguin
> translation.
> 
> Alianora
>
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