#CHRÉTIEN.

[good--merits-accumulated]

Chrétien PLEASE.

[illustratus]

Lancelot crossing the Sword Bridge

Miniature illustration from a four-volume manuscript made for Jacques d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours. Workshop of Évrard d'Espinques. Circa 1475.

[fredericolimablog]

"O Senhor, contudo, disse a Samuel: "Não considere sua aparência nem sua altura, pois eu o rejeitei. O Senhor não vê como o homem: o homem vê a aparência, mas o Senhor vê o coração"."

1 Samuel 16:7

[queer-ragnelle]

Do you have a guide/a recommended reading list for getting into Arthurian legends? I’ve been really getting into it in the past few months but I feel like I’m missing out on a lot of the foundations of it. (If you don’t and this is too big of an ask totally feel free to ignore this lol)

hello, anon.

i don't currently although i have plans to add another page to my blog listing medieval texts as well as links to download pdfs of them. i have english translations of texts originating in belarussian, dutch, french, german, hebrew, italian, latin, middle english, and last but not least, welsh.

in the mean time, i've collected for you some key texts that are readily available to read for free online!

le morte d'arthur by sir thomas malory [part 1] [part 2]

the history of the britons by nennius [here]

the mabinogion translated by lady charlotte guest [here]

four romances by chrétien de troyes [here]

parzival by wolfram von eschenbach [part 1] [part 2]

the wedding of sir gawain and dame ragnelle translated by thomas hahn [here]

sir gawain and the green knight translated by j. r. r. tolkien [here]

better translations/formatting forthcoming! enjoy. :^)

[martianbugsbunny]

why is Sir Kei such a bitch lmao

[ghost-bison]

i just had a flashback of 7th grade back when i was so obsessed with teen wolf and we had to write a short story about this book called the knight with the lion by chrétien de troyes, and i said the knight was surrounded by wolves and one of them was called derek. teacher thought it was very funny and gave me an a+ but she never knew i was just deranged. or how i wanted to make a derek hale blanket burrito and make him hot chocolate. so that's that

[gellavonhamster]

he just patted her on the head... 🥺

[gwydpolls]

Lucian's Library 7

Feel free to suggest never written books you wish you could read.

Some items suggested by impatient readers for still living authors.

[laurellerual]

Gawain, Clarissant,  Igraine and Morgause at the château des Merveilles

From Le Roman de Perceval ou le conte du Graal, by Chrétien de Troyes

[steph-photographie]

Photo originale par Steph-Photo

Piété et ferveur des napolitains sur la tombe de Saint Giuseppe Moscati, un médecin de Naples, canonisé par Jean-Paul II.

[fidjiefidjie]

"Vendredi Saint. Ce jour-là, les concerts symphoniques deviennent « spirituels », on n'a jamais su pourquoi, étant donné qu'on y joue spirituellement les mêmes choses." 🕊🌿���

Claude Debussy

[fredericolimablog]

"Quanto ao mais, sede fortalecidos no Senhor e na força do Seu poder."

Efésios 6:10

[queer-ragnelle]

If anything, Arthurian Legend could do with more adultery. When does Enid get to cheat on Geraint?

[martianbugsbunny]

if nobody else is going to ship the Chrétien de Troyes version of Sir Gawain and Sir Kei then I will

[derangedrhythms]

Love without fear and without dread is fire without flame and without heat; 

Chrétien de Troyes, from ‘Cligès’, tr. L. J. Gardiner

[polemostasis]

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