![]() “So, this is an especially early example, both of Suite Vulgate manuscripts in general anywhere, but especially of ones known to have found their way to England from France in the Middle Ages.”Īs for their contents, the documents in question have been revealed to contain a long passage from a 13th century set of French texts known as the Vulgate or Lancelot-Grail Cycle. “Most manuscripts of the text known to have been in England in the Middle Ages were composed after 1275,” explained Tether. “We were also able to place the manuscript in England as early as 1300–1350 thanks to an annotation in a margin - again, we were able to date the handwriting, and identify it as an English hand,” Dr. One of their discoveries was that the manuscript had apparently been transported from France to England long ago. Leah Tether, Laura Chuhan Campbell, Michael Richardson, and Benjamin Pohl, the team of experts who investigated whether the Merlin manuscript held any secret about the legends of Arthur, Merlin, and the Holy Grail. ( University of Bristol ) Analysis of the Early Merlin Manuscript Tether assembled a team of experts to analyze and translate the parchments in their entirety. Tether, who in addition to being a university professor is also the President of the International Arthurian Society. While he couldn’t translate them completely, he recognized various familiar names from the Arthurian legends. Two Historical Figures that Inspired the LegendĪs he did so, he was stunned to discover some old handwritten parchments that had been inserted randomly into the Gerson book. Fragments of Ancient Manuscript About Merlin Have Been Discovered and Could Change Arthurian Legend.Michael Richardson, who works at the University of Bristol’s Special Collections Library, was paging through a rare 15th century four-volume copy of the works of the famed French philosopher Jean Gerson. ![]() ![]() The story of how the manuscript fragment was initially recovered is quite extraordinary and was first reported by Ancient Origins in February 2019. Leah Tether said in a press release issued by the University of Bristol. “We were able to date the manuscript from which the fragments were taken to around 1250 to 1275 through a palaeographic (handwriting) analysis,” study participant and medieval literature professor Dr. The translated text consists of seven parchment pages, which are believed to be approximately 770 years old. ![]() (Don Hooper / University of Bristol ) Discovery of the Merlin Manuscript No one is certain how it got there, but its translation has revealed new details about the original versions of some of modern literature’s favorite tales.Ī close-up of one of the fragments showing damage to the text and an inscription in the host volume. The 13th century Merlin manuscript was discovered by chance in 2019, hidden inside the pages of an entirely unrelated book. After two years of hard work, scholars have now finished an Old-French-to-English translation of a centuries-old manuscript that tells of the adventures of Merlin the Magician, King Arthur, and other well-known characters from the legendary Arthurian tales. ![]()
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