Estoire del Saint Graal

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Estoire del Saint Graal is an Old French prose romance that serves as a prequel to the Arthurian legends, recounting the origins and early history of the Holy Grail and its coming to Britain.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Estoire del Saint Graal canonical 1
Lancelot-Grail cycle 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian romance ⓘ
Grail romance ⓘ
Old French prose romance ⓘ
medieval literary work ⓘ
associatedLegendaryCycle Matter of Britain GENERATED ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Bron (the Rich Fisher) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph of Arimathea NERFINISHED ⓘ
King Arthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dateOfComposition early 13th century ⓘ
followsInNarrative events of the New Testament ⓘ
genre Arthurian literature ⓘ
prose romance ⓘ
influenced Middle English Grail literature ⓘ
later Arthurian Grail narratives ⓘ
influencedBy Christian apocryphal traditions ⓘ
earlier Grail legends ⓘ
language Old French ⓘ
literaryForm prose ⓘ
literaryTradition French Arthurian prose cycles NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainSubject Christian legend ⓘ
Holy Grail NERFINISHED ⓘ
coming of the Grail to Britain ⓘ
origins of the Grail ⓘ
manuscriptTradition widely transmitted in medieval manuscripts ⓘ
narrativeFocus early history of the Holy Grail ⓘ
mission of Grail bearers to Britain ⓘ
narrativePerspective Christian didactic perspective ⓘ
narrativeRole foundational history for the Grail in Arthurian legend ⓘ
partOf Lancelot-Grail Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vulgate Cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInSeries first branch of the Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
prequelTo Lancelot en prose NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mort Artu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queste del Saint Graal NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryTheme divine providence in the history of Britain ⓘ
sacred history of the Grail ⓘ
relatedWork Lancelot en prose NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mort Artu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Queste del Saint Graal NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext Christianity ⓘ
religiousTheme conversion of Britain to Christianity ⓘ
sacred lineage of Grail keepers ⓘ
setting Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holy Land NERFINISHED ⓘ
title Estoire del Saint Graal NERFINISHED ⓘ
titleLanguage Old French ⓘ
translatedTitle History of the Holy Grail NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vulgate Cycle → hasPart → Estoire del Saint Graal ⓘ
King Ban of Benwick → appearsIn → Estoire del Saint Graal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lancelot-Grail cycle