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#41864. quickfire
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How many Knights of the Round Table are there and what are their relationship to each other, if any?
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......confusion which exists over the the number of knights admitted to the Round Table. This varies dramatically, depending one which literary source one examines:
13 in the "Didot-Perceval" (c.1225)
50 in Robert De Boron's "Merlin" (c.1195)
60 in Jean D'Ouremeuse's "Ly Myreur des Histors" (c.1350)
130 in the English ballad, "The Legend of King Arthur" (16th century)
140 in Hartmann Von Aue's "Erec" and "Iwein" (late 12th century)
150 in the Vulgate "Lancelot" (c.1220)
250 in the Vulgate "Merlin" (c.1225)
1,600 in Layamon's "Brut" (late 12th century)
 http://www.britannia.com/history/arthur/knights.html
Dec 02 03, 11:33 AM
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