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Lancelot-Grail (The Prose Vulgate Cycle), the second of 4 volumes
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Contents:
The Lancelot en Prose (Sommer, Vulgate Version (1909-1916), III-V divides the narrative into three parts, each corresponding to one volume of the edition):
III. Lancelot’s birth, education, and arrival at Camelot; the deeds of Arthur’s knights; the opening line, ‘En la marche de gaule et de la petite bertaigne’ is on f. 1 of the original manuscript, which is now bound separately. The incipit of the present manuscript is 'apparisans. Ore v[ous] apparellies car v[ous] vienres avoekes moi', explicit, 'le roi et sa c[om]paignie sen sont ale par petites iornees en b[re]taigne' (ff. 2r-129r);
IV. The journey to Sorelois and the Conte de la Charrete (beginning on f. 180v), which retells the Chrétien de Troyes’ story of Lancelot’s rescue of Guinevere from the evil fairy Meleagant, incipit, ‘En cheste partie dist li contes que Galehot se partie de la cort le roy artu', explicit 'et retorne a parler de son frere Agravain' (ff. 129r-254r);
V. The adventures of Agravain and the other knights, and the early life of Galahad, beginning ‘Chi endroit dist li contes que quant Agrevains se fu parties de sez compaignons…’ (ff. 254r-383v).
Decoration:
436 miniatures in colours on gold grounds, within pink, blue and red borders with penwork decoration in white, some framed in silver (to f. 32v), each above an initial in gold on a blue and rose ground with penwork decoration in white. Initials in gold on blue and rose grounds with pen-flourishing. Numerous initials in red or blue with pen-flourishing in the other colour and pen-flourished partial borders in blue and red extending the length of the page along the edge of each column. Rubrics in red added above each miniature (except ff. 344-351). Instructions to rubricators at the bottom of pages, partially erased (e.g., f. 300v).
The subjects of the miniatures are:
f. 2r: King Claudas asking King Ban of Benoic's steward to surrender the castle to him;
f. 3v: King Ban on horseback sees his castle burning;
f. 4r: King Ban dying of sorrow at the destruction of his castle, with his wife beside him and the infant Lancelot left lying on the ground;
f. 4v: King Claudas attacking the castle of Gannes, while the Queen flees with her children;
f. 5r: The Queen enters an abbey, and her locks are cut off;
f. 5v: The Lady of the Lake takes Lancelot, while his mother laments;
f. 6v: Claudas escapes through a window from Pharien, the steward of Gannes; Pharien's wife in the tower, asking a man to take a message to Claudas;
f. 7r: Pharien kills Claudas's knight;
f. 7v: King Claudas talking to his son, Dorin;
f. 9v: Lancelot's master gives him a bow and arrows to hunt a bird;
f. 11v: A black friar finds Queen Elaine of Benoic lamenting in a convent;
f. 13r: The black friar speaks to King Arthur and his companions;
f. 16v: Saraide and her servants carrying the two children, Lionel and Bohort out of Gannes; King Claudas mourning his son, who was killed by Lionel and Bohort;
f. 17v: Pharien's army besieges Claudas' castle;
f. 23v: Lancelot talking to his two cousins, Lionel and Bohort, while the Lady of the Lake listens;
f. 26v: Leonce, and Lambegues, the nephew of Pharien, riding together;
f. 27r: King Claudas besieges the city of Gannes;
f. 30v: Lambegue and Pharien talk to the two young men, Bohort and Lionel;
f. 31r: Queen Elaine praying at the convent;
f. 32v: Lancelot hunting, with a large stag being carried by two stewards;
f. 35r: King Arthur and his companions leaving the castle at Camelot to go hunting;
f. 38r: Guinevere, holding a dog, takes the kneeling Lancelot by the hand;
f. 39r: Lancelot on a white horse with white armour, lifts the flap of a tent with his sword and speaks to the knight inside;
f. 45r: A messenger gives King Arthur a letter;
f. 46r: A knight attacks King Arthur, who is resting with his company beside a river;
f. 46v: Gawain and his companion being taken to a castle on a rock;
f. 47r: Lancelot grasps a damsel by the neck and she tells him Gawain is prisoner at Doloreuse Garde;
f. 48r: The white knight encounters a hermit at the edge of a forest;
f. 50r: The white knight takes leave of Gawain;
f. 50v: The white knight and his squire meet a damsel;
f. 51r: Lancelot meets a knight pulling a man tied by the neck behind his horse;
f. 52r: Gawain meets a white knight in a cart;
f. 52v: The Lady of Nohaut speaks to the white knight in the cart;
f. 53v: King Arthur winning a battle;
f. 54r: The knight in the cart is woken by the Lady of Nohaut on horseback;
f. 54v: Gawain returns Brun's horse to him;
f. 55r: The white knight and his physician come to a hermitage;
f. 55v: Gawain, Brun and two damsels arrive at the castle of Nohaut;
f. 56r: The white knight and his physician leave the hermitage;
f. 57r: Gawain and his companions in a battle on the bridge of a castle;
f. 58v: Lancelot arrives before a bridge with a crenellated tower;
f. 59r: King Arthur asking a bishop and clergy at Camelot to interpret his dreams;
f. 59v: Two knights errant in a forest;
f. 60r: A nobleman kneels at Arthur's table and gives him a petition from Galehot;
f. 60v: Lancelot meets the Queen beside a river;
f. 62r: Lancelot meets a vassal coming from the forest carrying a roebuck on his saddle;
f. 62v: A messenger gives King Arthur a message from the Damsel of the Marches;
f. 66v: Lancelot in prison, with the Lady of Malohaut and her cousin at the door;
f. 67v: King Arthur at dinner at Carduel, addressed by a squire;
f. 68r: Lancelot talks to the Lady of Malohaut but will not reveal his identity;
f. 70r: A damsel and a squire carrying two spears meet the black knight;
f. 73v: The army of Gannes wins a battle against Arthur's army;
f. 76v: Lancelot talking to the Queen while Galehot and his steward talk to her two ladies;
f. 78r: The Queen kisses Lancelot with Galehot watching;
f. 79v: Galehot and Lancelot riding to Sorelois;
f. 80r: A young damsel serves a cup to Arthur at his table;
f. 81v: Gawain jousting against four knights;
f. 82r: Gawain and his four companions watch a knight lamenting beside a pine tree, with a shield and lances arranged around it;
f. 83r: The knight is beaten with a stick by a dwarf; Gawain sees a damsel having her hair done by a maid in a pavilion;
f. 84v: While Gawain is eating a damsel gives a letter to the dwarf;
f. 85r; Hector fighting against armed men at a river;
f. 87r: Gawain raises his sword over the knight Segurades who is on the ground;
f. 88v: A squire asks Gawain to make him a knight;
f. 89r: The Lady of Roestoc brings a dwarf before the King and Queen;
f. 90v: The Queen is given the shield which was broken in half, sent by the Lady of the Lake;
f. 91v: The Queen and her ladies with a squire help to disarm a knight who is wounded;
f. 92r: Gawain riding to a hermitage on a hill;
f. 92v: Gawain takes off the helmet of a knight who has cut off his horse's head, but a damsel at a window asks him to spare the knight;
f. 93r: Gawain lifts the covers from a knight who lies ill in bed while a damsel sits at his feet;
f. 93v: The damsel takes away Gawain's sword which he is using to defend himself against the other knights; the sick knight, Agravain, is healed but the young man mourns for the knight's brother, Gawain, who is wounded;
f. 95r: Lancelot fells a knight with his lance;
f. 96r: Hector comes upon a lady holding a wounded knight on her lap; the lady accompanies Hector and tells him her tale;
f. 97r: Hector takes Guinas to a hermitage to swear to do as he has promised;
f. 98r: Hector speaks to a clerk who is bringing food and wine to a hermitage;
f. 100r: Hector breaks down a castle gate with an axe;
f. 102r: Hector strikes down a knight with his lance;
f. 107r: Galehot comforts Lancelot, who is ill in bed, pining for Guinevere; Gawain is invited by a priest in white robes to spend the night in his hermitage;
f. 116r: Hector talking to his host, who is keeping him imprisoned;
f. 118r: Lionel kneels before Queen Guinevere and gives her a letter from Lancelot;
f. 118v: Gawain speaks to the hermit near the Round Mountain;
f. 119r: Hector asks a squire if he has seen a knight riding to Sorelois;
f. 120r: Hector and Gawain, riding together, meet a damsel on horseback;
f. 124v: Lancelot in prison lamenting;
f. 129r: Lancelot lifting Galehot, who has fallen from his horse in anguish over his lost love, the Lady of Malohaut;
f. 130r: Lancelot and Galehot watch his castle falling down;
f. 131r: A damsel with thirty knights enters Camelot and greets Arthur on behalf of her lady;
f. 131v: The cleric reads the letters brought by the damsel from the false queen;
f. 134r: Galehot asks the advice of clerics in a chapel, with Lancelot standing beside him;
f. 136: The cleric Helyes advises Galehot about his dream;
f. 138r: Helyes conjuring signs for Galehot in a chapel;
f. 138v: A fiery sword is about to strike Helyes in the chapel;
f. 139v: Galehot and Lancelot speak about Guinevere while the knights wait outside;
f. 140r: Galehot appoints one of his barons to take care of his lands while he goes to Arthur's court;
f. 140v: Galehot has Baudemagus swear to guard his lands for him;
f. 141v: The King greets Lancelot and the Queen welcomes Galehot (the rubric says 'Arthur');
f. 142r: Lancelot and Meleagant jousting;
f. 143r: The false Guinevere and fourteen damsels come to see King Arthur at court;
f. 143v: King Tholome captures Arthur and his hunters in a forest;
f. 144v: Arthur is held captive by the false Guinevere at Carmelide;
f. 145r: Galehot advises Gawain to accept the crown in front of Queen Guinevere;
f. 146r: Galehot accuses Arthur of leaving his wife for another;
f. 146v: Lancelot lets his mantle fall to the floor and challenges the King's judgement of Guinevere;
f. 147v: King Arthur receives Lancelot and Bertholai's challenge to fight over Guinevere's honour;
f. 148r: Galehot and Arthur plan the tournament between Lancelot and Bertholai, who is on the side of the false Guinevere;
f. 148v: The Queen and her guards watch Lancelot facing Bertholai and his knights while Galehot tries to persuade Arthur to withdraw his judgement and prevent the battle;
f. 149r: Lancelot ties his horse to a tree and attacks the second knight with his sword;
f. 150r: Lancelot is about to kill the third knight, Agloadas but Arthur and Galehot ask him to spare his life;
f. 150v: Gawain and the court ask Arthur to pardon Guinevere but Bertholai is angry;
f. 151r: King Arthur entrusts Guinevere to Galehot before his court;
f. 152r: Arthur is sentenced by the Pope for leaving the Queen for the false Guinevere;
f. 153r: Arthur goes to confession with a hermit;
f. 153v: Arthur and his court attend mass in a hermitage;
f. 154r: The false Guinevere lies ill and confesses her deception to King Arthur;
f. 154: Lancelot and Galehot advise the Queen to return to King Arthur;
f. 155r: The people of Carmelide beg the Queen for mercy;
f. 155v: King Galehot returns Guinevere to King Arthur (the rubric incorrectly has Arthur returning Guinevere to Galehot)
f. 156r: Lancelot and Galehot speaking to the Queen in her chamber;
f. 156v: Lancelot raises the Queen, who is begging him to return to court;
f. 157r: Carrados carries Gawain off on his horse;
f. 157v: The Duke of Clarence speaking to Galeshin at the door of his castle;
f. 158v: Ywain tries to pull the knight from the litter;
f. 159r: Lancelot pulls the knight from the litter while a damsel dressed in black watches;
f. 159v: Lancelot returns the knight to his castle;
f. 160r: Ywain fights with robbers who have attacked a squire and his family in their house;
f. 160v: Ywain rescues a damsel hanging in an oak tree;
f. 161r: Ywain fights against five knights who had tied up the damsel;
f. 161v: Lancelot and Ywain win a battle;
f. 162r: Galehot stops Lionel from riding after Lancelot;
f. 162v: Galeshin, the Duke of Clarence, rescues a damsel and a young man from a knight;
f. 163r: The damsel leads the Duke of Clarence, who is seeking Gawain, and the squire through the forest;
f. 163v: Two knights wounded by the Duke of Clarence and the third begs for mercy at the castle of Pintadol;
f. 164v: A damsel on a black horse leads Lancelot and Ywain through a forest on the way to Pintadol;
f. 165r: Lancelot and the damsel at the Dolorous Tower or Escalon li Tenebreux;
f. 165v: The mother of Carrados wants to kill Gawain to avenge her brother;
f. 166r: Gawain is imprisoned in a dungeon and a damsel speaks to him from the garden;
f. 167r: Galeshin and his squire ride to the Chapel of Morgan;
f. 167v: Lancelot, Ywain and the damsel find the squire waiting for Galeshin at the chapel;
f. 169r: Morgan curses Lancelot, while his lady stabs him from behind;
f. 170r: Keu (Kay) playing chess with his wife (the rubric says the Duke of Clarence and a damsel) and a squire tells him that Lancelot has disappeared;
f. 170v: Morgan talking to Lancelot who she has imprisoned;
f. 171r: Lancelot pulls and knight and a lady from a river;
f. 171v: Ywain fights against ten knights at a castle gate;
f. 172r: The Duke of Clarence fights against a knight at the castle gate;
f. 172v: Carrados and Lancelot fighting with swords;
f. 174r: Lancelot breaks his sword while fighting Carrados;
f. 174v: Arthur invests the damsel who has helped save Gawain with the keys of Dolorous Tower;
f. 175r: Morgan takes away the ring from the sleeping Lancelot;
f. 176v: Galeholt fights with ten knights who are pursuing him;
f. 177r: Galeholt and his squires ask a cowherd where they can find shelter;
f. 177v: Gawain strikes down a knight who is guarding a road;
f. 178r: Lionel meets a damsel in distress and both lament the fate of Lancelot, who they believe to be dead;
f. 178v: Lionel is about to cut off the head of a knight on top of a tomb, but is stopped by a damsel;
f. 179r: Gawain helping up a knight (Lancelot), who he has struck with his lance,
f. 180r: Galehot and Lionel riding in a forest;
f. 180v: The Lady of the Lake and her squire find Lancelot lying, mad, in a forest;
f. 181v: Keu leads the Queen through the forest;
f. 182: Lancelot, wounded, rides a horse that Gawain has given him;
f. 183r: Lancelot riding in a cart and people throw mud at him;
f. 184r: A nude Lancelot leaps out of bed and cuts a lance, which is stuck in his bed, with his sword;
f. 185v: A damsel makes advances to Lancelot to test his fidelity;
f. 186r: The knight who is guarding a pass, bars the way to Lancelot and the damsel he is escorting; Lancelot has beaten the knight and takes the comb filled with the Queen's hair;
f. 187r: Lancelot lifting the lid of the grave of Galehot;
f. 187v: Lancelot sitting at a burning grave;
f. 188r: Lancelot battling with two knights in a pass;
f. 188v: Lancelot, at dinner in the home of a baron, is told by his son that he has seen a brave knight;
f. 189r: Lancelot on foot uses a lance to combat a knight who is guarding the gate to a pass;
f. 189v: Lancelot helping the black knights in a battle;
f. 190r: Gawain fighting the knight of the pavilion who has taken a damsel's girdle and purse;
f. 190v: Gawain riding with the damsel, having fought many opponents for her possessions;
f. 191r: Gawain's opponent falls and breaks his arm;
f. 191v: The knight with the shield grasps the damsel's reins;
f. 192v: A knight cuts the head off Gawain's horse with his sword;
f. 193v: Gawain in the water, fighting the knight Sephar while people watch from a castle on the other side of the river near the 'pont perdu' (lost bridge);
f. 194r: Gawain with renewed strength, overcomes Sephar;
f. 194v: Lancelot at dinner is insulted by a knight who demands a toll to cross the 'pont de l'espee' (bridge of the sword);
f. 195r: Lancelot gives the severed head of a traitor knight to a damsel;
f. 195v: Lancelot bids farewell to his escort;
f. 196r: Lancelot crosses the bridge of the sword;
f. 197v: Lancelot battles Meliagant in front of the castle where the Queen is imprisoned;
f. 198r: Baudemagus pleads with the Queen while Lancelot kneels before her;
f. 198v: Lancelot in prison, trying to kill himself with a sword as he believes the Queen is dead, but he is prevented by his guards;
f. 199r: The Queen and Lancelot talking of love;
f. 199v: Lancelot breaking the window grill to climb into the Queen's chamber; Lancelot lying with the Queen (the image has been partially erased);
f. 200r: Lancelot fighting Meliagant in front of a castle, with King Bademagus protecting his son, while Keu and the Queen watch;
f. 200v: Gawain asking the knights he meets if they know where Lancelot is;
f. 202v: Lancelot performing marvellous feats in a tournament;
f. 203v: Lancelot emprisoned in a tower, and a damsel climbs up to his window;
f. 204v: Lancelot has cut off Meliagant's head;
f. 205v: The knight Margondes begs Lancelot for mercy;
f. 206r: Lancelot kills one of the four knights of the pavilions;
f. 207r: Lancelot wins a tournament before the 'chastel a pucelles' (castle of damsels);
f. 208r: Margondes begs the Queen for mercy;
f. 210r: The damsel of Hungerford orders the murder of two knights;
f. 210v: The damsel of Hungerford kneels before Bohort;
f. 211r: Bohort strikes down the nephew of Galindes;
f. 212r: Bohort fighting the seventh knight of Galindes;
f. 213r: Bohort striking Galindes' helmet with his sword;
f. 214r: Galindes asks his niece to pardon him, giving her his sword;
f. 214v: Bohort bids farewell to the damsel of Hungerford;
f. 215v: Bohort frees a damsel who is tied to her bed;
f. 216v: Bohort's companion tries to remove the sword from the maimed knight's hand, while Bohort and the damsel watch;
f. 217v: Bohort wins a tournament;
f. 218r: The twelve knights at their table, and the King's daughter asking for a reward;
f. 219v: The King's daughter gives Bohort a jewel as a memento;
f. 220r: Bohort rescues a damsel in a chemise from four rascals;
f. 221v: Lancelot meets a damsel in distress;
f. 222v: Lancelot riding with Saraide and his companions, transporting the litter containing Galehot's body;
f. 223r: A knight accuses Meliagant's sister of treachery;
f. 224r: A black knight gives Lancelot his arms;
f. 226v: Lancelot bearing black arms, greets King Bademagus;
f. 227r: Lancelot cuts off Argondras' head;
f. 228v: Bohort kills the knights who are keeping Lambegues prisoner;
f. 229v: The damsel of Hungerford kneeling before the table where Bohort, Lambegues and companions are seated;
f. 230r: Patrides kneeling before King Bademagus, giving him Lancelot's message; an armed knight takes the Queen prisoner;
f. 231v: Sagremor fighting against the knight of the pavilion;
f. 232v: Sagremor rides over a dwarf and a damsel confronts him;
f. 233r: Sagremor strikes the head of a knight who is seated with a damsel and three other knights;
f. 234v: Dodinel protects his companion from a knight who is attacking her;
f. 235r: An old woman is leading Lancelot and a knight demands that he give up his arms;
f. 236r: Lancelot, unarmed and wounded, meets a damsel on a mule; Dodinel fully armed, is in the water holding onto a plank bridge, and is mocked by a passing countryman;
f. 236v: The Queen and her companions bring the wounded Dodinel back to Camelot in a litter;
f. 237v: Gawain before the black cross bids his companions to search the wood for eight days;
f. 239v: Agloval meets a wounded knight who asks for help;
f. 240r: Gawain threatening to cut off the head of Mathamas;
f. 240v: Hector in combat with the knight who wounded Dodinel on the plank bridge;
f. 241v: Gawain using his helmet to drink from a spring, asks a damsel on a palfrey where to find Lancelot;
f. 242v: The red knight winning a battle;
f. 243r: Gawain at the twelve tombs being attacked by the twelve swords;
f. 244r: Gawain, with his hands burned, at a marble tub with a damsel bathing in it;
f. 244v: Gawain is seated at the table and a damsel brings a vessel;
f. 245r: Gawain is pierced through his shield by a lance;
f. 245v: Gawain, wounded in the shoulder, fights against a knight on foot;
f. 246r: Gawain seated in a cart driven by an old woman;
f. 246v: Hector meets a dwarf in a forest;
f. 247v: Hector battles two black lions at the entrance to a cave and cuts off the front paws of one of them;
f. 248v: Yvain meets a damsel in a forest;
f. 249v: Mordrain riding without a helmet because of the heat;
f. 250v: Mordrain fights with a knight in a pavilion;
f. 251r: Agravain stops at a pavilion where a knight and a damsel are mourning beside the body of their brother, killed by Druas. He vows revenge;
f. 252v: Sornehan, brother of Druas, rises from his bed to avenge his brother, who has been killed by Agravain, and his son tries to stop him;
f. 253v: Gueherres meets a peasant, who flees, leaving his donkey behind;
f. 255r: Gueherres defends a castle from invaders at midnight;
f. 255v: Gueherres meets five damsels who are sitting on the ground beside a fountain, eating;
f. 257r: Gueherres preventing a knight from taking a damsel away from her mother;
f. 257v: Gueherres strikes the head off the knight to free the damsel he has carried off;
f. 258r: The lady asks Gueherres to stay as he has rescued her daughter;
f. 259r: A servant informs the lady of the house that her husband is plotting against the two knights, Gueherres and Sagremor; Sagremor strikes his host, who falls under the table;
f. 259v: The two knights come upon twelve pavilions with four swords and ten lances leaning against each one;
f. 260r: Gueherres and his horse eating in a pavilion;
f. 260v: A lady is dragged by the hair from Gueherres' bed by her husband;
f. 261r: The lady enters a convent of White Nuns and has her hair cut short;
f. 261v: Gueherres and Sornehan jousting on top of a hill;
f. 262r: Gaheriet encounters a damsel on a pony in a forest;
f. 263v: Gaheriet sends a challenge to Guinas through his dwarf;
f. 264r: Gaheriet kills two knights and frees Brandelis;
f. 264v: Gaheriet forces a knight to beg pardon of a dwarf who he has mistreated;
f. 265v: Two knights wounded on their horses;
f. 266r: Gaheriet greets a damsel who is combing her hair on her bed;
f. 266v: Gaheriet and Sornehan both lie, exhausted from fighting;
f. 267r: The three brothers, Gaheriet, Gueherres and Agravain, meet and embrace;
f. 268v: A duke gives the three brothers food at his castle;
f. 269v: The three brothers win a battle;
f. 270v: Arthur's court is very upset at the news of Lancelot's death;
f. 271r: The Queen, Lionel and Bohort grieving over Lancelot;
f. 271v: Lionel and Bohort take leave of the Queen;
f. 272r: The Queen dreams that Lancelot and a beautiful damsel are received by the King;
f. 272v: The Queen giving her cousin a message for the Lady of the Lake;
f. 273v: Lancelot, riding with the old lady who has cured him, meets a damsel in distress;
f. 274v: Lancelot and the old lady meet two knights and two damsels eating on the grass near a spring;
f. 275r: Lancelot, poisoned, lies in bed, and is cared for by a damsel;
f. 276v: Lionel gives the queen a small box with Lancelot's hair inside;
f. 277v: Lionel berates Lancelot, who is lying in bed ill;
f. 278v: Lancelot with a damsel who asks for his love;
f. 279v: Lancelot is greeted with great celebration, having killed the Duke;
f. 280r: Lancelot and Lionel at mass together;
f. 280v: Hector before a castle;
f. 281v: The Queen of Sorestan out riding with her companions;
f. 282r: Lancelot is in prison, speaking to the damsel who is looking after him;
f. 283r: Lancelot sleeping in a pavilion, having killed the owner, who lies outside;
f. 284r: Lancelot in a tournament with the knights of Gorre;
f. 285v: Lancelot dining with a lady and her husband in a castle;
f. 286r: Lancelot fighting a dragon in a churchyard;
f. 286v: Lancelot is praised by King Pelles and his court;
f. 287r: Lancelot and King Pelles are at the table, and a damsel brings the Holy Grail; Brisane, the old lady brings news of the Queen to Lancelot;
f. 287v: Lancelot enters a chamber, thinking it is the Queen's;
f. 288r: Lancelot lies with Pelles's daughter, thinking she is the Queen; the damsel begs his forgiveness;
f. 288v: Lancelot holding onto a tree to save himself from drowning in a ditch;
f. 289r: Lancelot hiding, watching three knights and four squires who have carried off a damsel;
f. 289v: Lancelot rescues the damsel;
f. 291r: Hector's uncle is rescued from the ditch, while Lancelot watches from his horse;
f. 292r: Lancelot meets a damsel in the forest;
f. 292v: Lancelot dancing with a damsel around a pine tree; Yvain meets a dwarf;
f. 293v: Yvain and Bohort are delighted to meet unexpectedly;
f. 294v: A group of damsels complain to Yvain for bringing misfortune on them;
f. 296r: The knight Triadan begs Ywain for mercy
f.296v: Maduit the giant cuts off Triadan's hand;
f. 297r: Ywain fights two knights and one falls in the water;
f. 297v: Ywain is imprisoned in a castle and the lady asks him who he is;
f. 298r: Bohort is welcomed by the lady of Galvoie;
f. 298v: Bohort fells Mariales, who begs for mercy;
f. 299r: Bohort is seated at the table at Corbenic with King Pelles and his daughter and her cousin brings the Holy Grail;
f. 300v: Bohort meets a damsel on a pony; Gawain meets a damsel and her squire;
f. 301r: Lancelot is crowned, while a statue falls and breaks, lifting the spell;
f. 302r: Lancelot playing chess with an enchanted chess set at Logres;
f. 303r: Lancelot is disarmed by force;
f. 303v: Lancelot is rescued from a well filled with vermin by a damsel with a rope;
f. 304r: Lancelot and the damsel go to her chamber but are attacked by armed men;
f. 305r: Lancelot attacks a knight who has killed a damsel;
f. 305v: Lancelot sends the knight on horseback with the damsel's body to the Queen;
f. 306r: Lancelot reuses a damsel from the fire;
f. 307r: The knight comes before Guinevere with the damsel's body;
f. 308r: Lancelot sends a damsel to the Queen with a letter;
f. 308v: Lancelot, wearing red armour, is welcomed by King Baudemagus and his companions;
f. 309v: Lancelot fighting in a tournament;
f. 310v: Lancelot, seeing the Queen, feels ill and is laid beneath a tree by Baudemagus;
f. 311r: Bohort giving Lancelot, who is lying in bed, a message from the Queen;
f. 311v: The damsel who nursed Lancelot when he was poisoned, begs the Queen for mercy;
f. 312v: Lancelot and the Queen in bed together;
f. 313r: The Queen gives Lancelot white armour and Bohort red armour;
f. 313v: Lancelot jousting with Gawain and Bohort with Gaheriet;
f. 314r: Lancelot is welcomed back by King Arthur;
f. 314v: Gawain is brought back to Camelot, wounded, and is greeted by the King;
f. 315r: Lancelot and the Queen playing chess;
f. 315v: Gawain tells the court about his adventures;
f. 316v: The Queen gives Lancelot a gold ring;
f. 317r: Lancelot and three knights leave Camelot, and the King and Queen are sorrowful;
f. 317v: Mordred is rescued by Lancelot and his companions;
f. 318r: Lancelot and his companions confront Yvain's captor in his castle;
f. 318v: Lancelot rescues Ywain and there is great rejoicing;
f. 319v: Bohort kills a giant;
f. 320r: Lancelot, Bohort and their companions, take leave of one another;
f. 320v: Lancelot riding with a damsel to Terrican's castle where the shields of his prisoners are displayed;
f. 321r: Lancelot and Terrican both fall down wounded;
f. 321v: Lancelot cuts off Terrican's head;
f. 322v: Lancelot cuts the head off another knight while a damsel watches;
f. 323r: Lancelot speaking to a damsel who is holding a sparrowhawk;
f. 323v: Lancelot killing two giants;
f. 324r: Lancelot has his horse and arms taken before a cross;
f. 324v: Lancelot is entertained by a damsel and given a drink;
f. 325r: Lancelot lies in bed and a damsel puts powder in his nostrils through a silver pipe;
f. 325v: Lancelot in prison with a picture of the Queen;
f. 326r: Gawain speaks to King Bademagus, who is lying wounded in an abbey;
f. 326v: Mordred, Agloval and Baudemagus send a messenger to Carduel;
f. 327r: Lancelot is in Morgan's prison and has broken the window bars and picked the rose, which he kisses;
f. 327v: Lancelot meets a damsel and a dwarf;
f. 328r: A squire carrying a wounded knight in a litter rouses Lancelot from sleep;
f. 328v: Baudemagus, the wounded knight is overjoyed to see Lancelot;
f. 330r: The King asks Lancelot to spare his son Marabron's life;
f. 330v: Lancelot with Lionel in front of him on his horse, enters an abbey;
f. 331v: Lancelot sees a dead knight in a litter pass by, followed by four squires;
f. 332r: Lancelot sees the shields of his captured companions hanging in a hall;
f. 332v: A dwarf strikes Lancelot over the head with a stick;
f. 333r: Lancelot fighting against Bohort;
f. 333v: Lancelot and Bohort lift their helmets and recognise each other;
f. 334r: Bohort kneels before Gawain and begs for mercy;
f. 334v: Lionel is greeted by Gawain and his companions; Lancelot meets a dwarf on a black pony;
f. 335r: Lancelot has killed two lions beside a bleeding tomb with an old man's head floating in it;
f. 335v: Lancelot telling the hermit he has opened the tomb of his grandfather;
f. 336v: Lancelot riding after a white stag which is surrounded by four lions;
f. 337r: Lancelot has killed a king and damsels are lamenting;
f. 337v: Sarras and Belias jousting;
f. 338r: Lancelot has knocked Belias to the ground and gives his horse to Sarras;
f. 338v: Sarras bringing news of Lancelot to King Arthur and Queen Guinevere;
f. 339r: Claudas's squire tells the Queen's cousin that Claudas wishes to see her;
f. 339v: The damsel tells King Claudas about Lancelot;
f. 340r: Two servants search the damsel for letters;
f. 340v: The Queen sends a letter to Claudas asking him to free her cousin;
f. 341r: Claudas has the letter read to him by his clerk and throws it at his feet;
f. 341v: Lancelot fights a black knight;
f. 342r: Ten knights kill Lancelot's horse;
f. 342v: A damsel begs Lancelot for mercy;
f. 343v: Lancelot and Mordred meet a knight in a litter and Lancelot removes the arrow from his thigh;
f. 344r: Gawain and his companions return to court;
f. 345r: Agloval, pursued by forty knights, enters the house of a wealthy citizen;
f. 346r: Galehodin welcomes Gawain with open arms and asks pardon;
f. 346v: Galehodin is welcomed by the companions;
f. 347r: Lancelot and Mordred have beaten a group of knights;
f. 348r: Mordred strikes down a knight and gives his horse to Lancelot;
f. 349v: Lancelot reads a scroll during mass;
f. 350r: A tournament between Galehodin's knights and the kings of Norgales and of the Hundred Knights;
f. 351r: Lancelot and Bohort greet each other; the companions enter Galehodin's castle after the tournament;
f. 352r: Lancelot and Bohort deliver a damsel and a knight from six men who are attacking them;
f. 352v: Bohort is wounded in the palace of enchantment;
f. 353r: Bohort on the enchanted bed, watches a lion and a leopard fighting;
f. 354v: Lancelot enters a pavilion and finds a damsel lying on a bed watched by an ugly dwarf;
f. 355v: Lancelot on foot beats two knights who are fighting Keu;
f. 356v: Lancelot has beaten four knights: Gawain, Ywain, Hector and Sagremor;
f. 357v: Gawain and his three companions return to Camelot and are joyfully received by Arthur;
f. 358v: A knight sent by Lancelot, kneels before the Queen;
f. 359v: Lancelot returns to Camelot with his companions, to general rejoicing;
f. 360r: The knight Brumant, is burned to death in the perilous seat at the round table and hands a letter to Lancelot;
f. 360v: Lancelot, the King and the Queen watching the jousting;
f. 361v: Enemies attack a castle;
f. 362r: A battle between Claudas' and Arthur's armies;
f. 362v: A fierce battle, with many killed;
f. 364v: Bohort and his army encamped before Logres;
f. 365v: Claudas and his sons agree to exchange prisoners with Bohort and Keu;
f. 368v: The dead are buried and cremated on the battlefield;
f. 369r: Bohort fells Claudin with his lance;
f. 370v: The King meets a messenger from Ywain in a forest;
f. 372r: King Arthur fights against Frolle, and both are knocked to the ground;
f. 373r: Claudin and his knights kneel before Arthur and give up the keys of the city of Gannes;
f. 373v: King Pelle's daughter Elaine, arrives at court and is greeted by Arthur;
f. 374r: Lancelot lying with Elaine;
f. 374v: Bohort and his companions, seeking Lancelot, meet Mellic du Tertre at a cross;
f. 375r: Agloval and Perceval in a garden discussing their plans to leave;
f. 375v: Their mother dies of grief over Perceval's departure;
f. 376r: Perceval is brought by a damsel to sit at the Round Table with Arthur;
f. 376v: Perceval cutting the chain and freeing Patrides;
f. 377v: Hector beats Perceval in a joust;
f. 378r: Hector and Perceval kneel to give thanks to God for the honour he has bestowed on them;
f. 378v: Lancelot in the nude enters a pavilion where a knight and a damsel are lying in a bed;
f. 379v: Lancelot is lying in bed and it tied with ropes by Celinant and Bliant;
f. 380r: Lancelot, who has killed a boar and is grievously wounded, is comforted by a hermit;
f. 380v: Lancelot, asleep beside a spring, is found by Elaine;
f. 381r: Lancelot lamenting before the shield with a knight kneeling before a Queen on it;
f. 381v: Hector and Perceval meet a damsel who tells them about the mad knight;
f. 382r: Lancelot kneels before Perceval and gives him his sword;
f. 383r: Lancelot, Hector and Perceval leave Corbenic, escorted by a large company.
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- Date Range:
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