Perceval, alternatively called Peredur, is a figure in the legend of King Arthur, often appearing as one of the Knights of the Round Table. First mentioned by the French author Chrétien de Troyes in t
Parsifal by Rogelio de Egusquiza (1910)
Perceval in Newell Convers Wyeth's illustration for Sidney Lanier's The Boy's King Arthur (1922)
Arthur Hacker's 1894 illustration of a scene from Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, in which Perceval is tempted by a devil in the form of a beautiful woman
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
Perceval
…Parzival, Parsifal), alternatively called Peredur (Welsh pronunciation: ), is a figure in the legend of King Arthur, often appearing as one of the Knights of the Round Table. First mentioned by the French author Chrétien de Troyes in the late 12th-century tale Perceval, the Story of the Grail, he is best known for being the…
The Arming and Departure of the Knights, a 19th-century Grail Quest tapestry by Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, and John Henry Dearle
Gustave Doré, La Marche des Chevaliers (1867)
Lancelot armed with Colgrevance's sword in Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Sir Launcelot in the Queen's Chamber (1857)
Lancelot defeats Claudins while a damsel and Meliagans look on. Le Livre d'Yvain, ms. Aberystwyth, NLW, 444D (14th century)