Dr Mary Bateman

Crotien says that it is a flat serving dish for presenting the Eucharist wafer. And there's moments where they see this vision of it being brought out in a sort of parade. And it's actually gained a lot more importance since the romance. It's kind of become this huge object that people are looking for.

Crotien says that it is a flat serving dish for presenting the Eucharist wafer. And there's moments where they see this vision of it being brought out in a sort of parade. And it's actually gained a lot more importance since the romance. It's kind of become this huge object that people are looking for.

But actually, the original Grail romance, it's part of a collection of mystical objects, really, if you like.

But actually, the original Grail romance, it's part of a collection of mystical objects, really, if you like.

Yeah, so it ranges from 12 nights up to a lot more than that, sometimes 150. In the Welsh tradition, 24. Sometimes 225, sometimes 300. If you want to know how crazy it gets, Lachamon, who is the English translator of Geoffrey, Geoffrey's text, in Lachamon's Brute, he says that a carpenter builds this fold-out portable table that can be carried around that can seat as many as 1,600 knights.

Yeah, so it ranges from 12 nights up to a lot more than that, sometimes 150. In the Welsh tradition, 24. Sometimes 225, sometimes 300. If you want to know how crazy it gets, Lachamon, who is the English translator of Geoffrey, Geoffrey's text, in Lachamon's Brute, he says that a carpenter builds this fold-out portable table that can be carried around that can seat as many as 1,600 knights.

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Yes.

Yes.

That's a lot. That's pretty good. Yeah.

That's a lot. That's pretty good. Yeah.

There's hundreds of them. There's so many.

There's hundreds of them. There's so many.

Other mainstays include Gehaerys, Agravain.

Other mainstays include Gehaerys, Agravain.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, so she's a really important figure because, first of all, there aren't many female Arthurian authors, to be honest, at this early date that we know of. And Marie de France translates this group of stories that she says are Breton lays, which were kind of sung to a harp in Brittany, which is very intriguing because that might suggest a route into the French tradition.

Yeah, so she's a really important figure because, first of all, there aren't many female Arthurian authors, to be honest, at this early date that we know of. And Marie de France translates this group of stories that she says are Breton lays, which were kind of sung to a harp in Brittany, which is very intriguing because that might suggest a route into the French tradition.