Studies On the Legend of the Holy Grail, With Special References to the Hypothesis of Its Celtic Origin

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He had, however, the great merit of clearing the ground for his pupil, A. Birch- Hirschfeld, and urging him to undertake what still remains the most searching and exhaustive survey of the whole cycle : " Die Sage vom Gral," etc. As Birch- Hirschfeld's analysis is at present the only basis for sound criti- cism, I shall give his views fully : — The Grand St. Graal, as the fullest of the versions dealing with the Early History of the Grail, is the best starting-point for investigation. From its p...ronounced religious tone monkish authorship may be inferred. Its treatment of the subject is not original as is shown by (1) the repetition ad nauseam of the same motive {e.g., that of the lance wound four times), (2) the pedigrees, (3) the allusions to adventures not dealt with in the book, and in especial to the Promised Knight.
The testimony of Helinand (see supra, p. 52), which is of first- rate importance, does not allow of a later date for the Grand St.
Graal than 1204. On turning to the Queste it is remarkable that though sometimes found in the MSS.


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