The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain is a Middle Scots Arthurian romance written in alliterative verse of 1362 lines, known solely from a printed edition of 1508 in the possession of the National
A medieval castle on the river Rhône in southern France
The Awntyrs off Arthure
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The Awntyrs off Arthure at the Terne Wathelyne is an Arthurian romance of 702 lines written in Middle English alliterative verse. Despite its title, it centres on the deeds of Sir Gawain. The poem, th
The Knightly Tale of Gologras and Gawain
…to "not long before" this printing, i.e., the late 15th century. However, Frederic Madden in his edition (1839) ascribed the work to the poet of The Awntyrs off Arthure (whereas modern commentators do not venture farther than to remark on the identical stanzaic structure). Madden also gave credence to the notion that…
Tarn Wadling in Hesket, Cumberland, the Terne Wathelyne of the poem. The lake, once famous for its carp, was largely drained in the 1850s, and had disappeared by the 1940s
Early 15th century deer hunt, from a French manuscript. The poem opens with a deer hunt in "the depe delles" of Inglewood Forest.
The 14th century nave of Carlisle Cathedral, once an Augustinian priory. It has been suggested that the author of the Awntyrs may have been a canon at the priory