Roughly 700 years ago, a French-language sequel to the legend of King Arthur known as the Suite Vulgate du Merlin became a ...

A medieval scribe copied stories about a knight and a wizard into a manuscript around 750 years ago. The knight […] ...

The stories are part of a French sequel to Arthurian legend, and its binding was repurposed in the 16th century ...

It was first thought to be a 14th century story about Sir Gawain but further examination revealed it to be part of the Old ...

Bahr undertook a complete re-examination of the tome, complete with spectroscopic analysis and mathematical investigation, to ...

In medieval novels, Merlin the Magician was far stranger than he appears in modern pop culture. Archivists have discovered ...

Professor Arthur Bahr found that along with the tale “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” the poetry-filled book features plenty of additional aspects far beyond merely words on a page.

By Alan Yuhas Torn, folded and stitched, rare tales of Merlin shapeshifting into King Arthur’s court and Sir Gawain gaining power from the sun were bound into a book of property records from the ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) literature professor Arthur Bahr experienced one of the most memorable moments of his academic career. At the British Library, he had the privilege of ...

MIT professor of literature Arthur Bahr had one of the best days of his life. Sitting in the British Library, he was allowed to page ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Pearl-Manuscript, a 14th-century volume containing "Pearl," "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," and two other poems, is a meticulously crafted work of art ...