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Another of the skulls fused with a maille (chainmail) Coif recovered from the site of the battle of Visby, Gotland, ca. 1361.

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Hello :) I have a question about Excalibur, in case you of any of your followers know. Where does the "take me up / cast me away" inscription come from? I could only find a direct reference in Lord Alfred Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" (...on one side, / Graven in the oldest tongue of all this world, / “Take me,” but turn the blade and ye shall see, / And written in the speech ye speak yourself, / “Cast me away!”) Are there any other references in old Arthurian texts? (Malory? Can't remember.)

Hiii <3 so sorry it took so long for me to reply to this. it's not from Malory as far as I can tell? When I checked in the arthurian name dictionary (the holy texts) it did say it was an invention by Tennyson!? I like it its fun! but if im wrong anybody can just reply to this post :)

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Wherever the king had to go, it did not care to be apart from him; it always went along with him. He could see well that it loved him.

On the king’s own bed he found the knight sleeping. The king ran to embrace him; more than a hundred times he hugs and kisses him.

some Bisclavret for you in the style of the Codex Manesse :)

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HAND IN UNLOVEABLE HAND

E.A. Robinson Lancelot / YouTube Comment / Gustave Doré Idylls of the King / E.A. Robinson Lancelot / Rosemary Morris, The character of King Arthur in medieval literature / Tennyson Idylls of the King : Guinevere / Rosemary Morris, The character of King Arthur in medieval literature / King Arthur and Queen Guinevere in BNF 10292

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he's the worst man alive he's the love of my life he's covered in blood he's weird about god and he's a lot, he's not perfect, but most importantly he's bisexual

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was just once again delighted by a Middle English man being described as "fish-hole" (= fish-whole; healthy as a fish), and I think we need to bring this turn of phrase back. "Look at that guy over there, flopping and wriggling around and gasping for air. Fit as a fish!!" Do you understand my vision

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i dont “have ptsd” that’s all just the wizard’s curse

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I need to start a collection of weird pages I've stumbled upon during fanfic writing research

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also I need @adhd-merlin TO LOOK AT MY FAVOURITE MANUSCRIPT ILLUSTRATION. its Arthur and guinevere embracing :( idk I think its so cute

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has anyone checked on thomas malory lately. is he okay

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Literally literally when mordred wheels out the fucking canons to shoot at the Tower of London. my heart just drops. like it is SO OVER. Mordred is literally ushering in the end of the age of chivalry and nothing will ever be the same again

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I think part of the reason why the passage of lucans death is so effective for me is that when Malory describes battles you do usually get a real sense of. frantic speed I guess? Like you don’t really have time to register what is happening. So much of the description of Arthur’s death is about witnessing desolation and death. The details like the foaming at the mouth thing really makes my stomach turn

Hm. Was just checking something in Malory and I kinda forgot how um. horribly violent it is? u do really get the sense that it was written by someone who had seen combat.

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The description of the robbers moving across the battlefield in the moonlight is just so. eery!

Hm. Was just checking something in Malory and I kinda forgot how um. horribly violent it is? u do really get the sense that it was written by someone who had seen combat.

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Hm. Was just checking something in Malory and I kinda forgot how um. horribly violent it is? u do really get the sense that it was written by someone who had seen combat.

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I am starting my journey into Arthurian Legends and I wanted to know if you had any recommended versions of reading. Also I am a huge Morgan Le Fay (Morgaine/Morgana) fan so I have read Mists of Avalon, The Road to Avalon, and Fay Sampson’s series already.

Hiii :) so I’m not the best person to ask about retellings as I am. notoriously picky I think? Especially about Morgan, my beloved Morgan. Personally I really enjoyed Phyllis Ann Karr’s Idylls of the Queen which includes a cameo of a really great Morgan. I also really like her shorter arthurian tales - she has one about Morgan’s childhood and religious background which I love (she is a strange little girl who wants to become an anchoress in that one) + her cameo in the short story about Kay and Arthur and their friend Iris going on a little adventure as children. I loved that one a lot :)

I know I have some REALLY fantastically well-read followers so feel free to add on to this !

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Late 60s early 70s medieval revival Part 2