Knights of the Round Table
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The Knights of the Round Table are the legendary knights of the fellowship of King Arthur that first appeared in the French-language Matter of Britain literature in the mid-12th century. The Knights a
The Arming and Departure of the Knights, one of the Holy Grail–themed 19th-century tapestries by Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, and John Henry Dearle
Piety: The Knights of the Round Table about to Depart in Quest of the Holy Grail by William Dyce (1849)
Malory-inspired Sir Launcelot in the Queen's Chamber by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1857)
Lancelot defeats Claudins while a damsel and Meliagans look on. Le Livre d'Yvain, ms. Aberystwyth, NLW, 444D (14th century)
Gawain
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Gawain, spelled in many ways, is one of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legendary cycle. The prototype of Gawain appears under the name Gwalchmei in the earliest Welsh sources. He has
Sir Gawaine the Son of Lot, King of Orkney, by Howard Pyle from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903)
Gauvain's attributed arms
Galvagin (Gawain) depicted fighting Carrado (Carados) on the Italian Modena Archivolt (c. 1120–1240)
Gawain unwittingly fights Yvain in the Garrett MS. No. 125 manuscript of Chrétien's Knight of the Lion (c. 1295)