For centuries, an intriguing sequel to the tale of Merlin has sat unseen within the bindings of an Elizabethan register. Cutting-edge techniques have revealed it for the first time.

Part of a 13th century manuscript containing rare stories about Merlin and King Arthur has been discovered at Cambridge University Library. The remarkable text had been repurposed as binding for a ...

Historians from the University of Cambridge recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document that depicts the stories of King Arthur and Merlin, with its preservation considered a miracle.

A fragment of manuscript found in the book binding of a 16th-century archival register was actually a famed King Arthur ...

This most recently discovered manuscript, written between 1275 and 1315, was once part of the Suite Vulgate du Merlin, a sequel to the legend of King Arthur written in Old French. The story ...

What’s more, it has been determined to be part of the Suite Vulgate du Merlin, part of the Vulgate Cycle, a medieval narrative on the lives of King Arthur and Merlin. Though popular in its time ...

Photo: Norris Lacy On one occasion, Merlin arrived at Camelot disguised as a blind harpist: "While they were rejoicing in the feast, and Kay the seneschal brought the first dish to King Arthur and ...

SUMMERS: She's reading a passage from "Suite Vulgate Du Merlin." King Arthur, Merlin - yeah, these are those stories. SHAPIRO: Tales of knights on quests and, of course, that famous round table.

It is the only surviving fragment of a lost medieval manuscript telling the tale of Merlin and the early heroic years of King Arthur's court. In it, the magician becomes a blind harpist who later ...

Historians recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document depicting the tales of King Arthur and Merlin – and its survival is considered a miracle. The discovery was announced by the University ...

University of Cambridge For centuries, the stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Merlin, Guinevere and the world of Camelot have come to be known as Arthurian legend, or the matter of Britain.