He pierced over three hundred of the finest.He struck at both the center and the flank.He was worthy in the front of a most generous army.He gave out gifts from his drove of steeds in the winter.He fed black ravens [killed many of the enemy] on the wall

of the fortress, though he was not Arthur.He gave support in battle.In the van, an alder shield-wall was Gwawrddur.

The Gododdin, ca. 600

And the horse of Gwythur and the horse of Gwawrddur and the horse of Arthur, fearless in causing pain.

The Book of Taliesin

The Conception and Birth of MerlinBN fr 95 f. 113v

Merlin explains to Vortigern why his tower will not standLambeth Palace Lib. MS 5 f. 43v

Merlin teaches the young Arthur while Antor(Sir Hector) looks on.

BL Ms Add 12228 f. 202v

Drawn from Cliffnotes

Slaying the Giant by Arthur on Mt. St. Michel

Bib. Roy. Alb. Brussels MS 9243 f. 49v

Lancelot and Gawain from The “Knight in the Cart”Lancelot seen here for the love of Guinevere takes on the shame of a criminal riding in a cart. Gawain will not.

“The Knight inthe Cart”Note the dwarf’s disdainful look.

BN fr 119 f. 312v

Galahad, Bors, and Perceval on Solomon's ShipBodleian MS Douce 215 f. 39

Lancelot speaking with a hermit in the forest

Bodleian MS Douce 215 f. 14r

Father and sonLancelot andGalahad finallymeet.

BN fr 116 f. 667

The Sword in the Stone(BN Fr. 95 f. 159v; ca. 1290)

Sites Cited• Nichols, Kathleen. Arthurian Legends Illustrated. <

http://arcadiasystems.org/academia/arthur.html> Not used for this PowerPoint but a beautiful set of images about King Arthur especially from the Victorian period.

• Talarico, Katherine Arthurian Images part of her larger resource pages <http://scholar.library.csi.cuny.edu/~talarico/arthimgs.htm> This site was especially helpful in gathering the descriptions of the images included in this PowerPoint as well as identifying manuscripts from which they were originally found. kathryn.talarico@csi.cuny.edu