La fontaine bouillonnante et la tombe de Lancelot l'Ancien : Modalités textuelles et iconographiques de la construction cyclique dans le Lancelot-Graal

The head of King Lancelot the Elder, Sir Lancelot’s ancestor who was assassinated by the Duke of Belle Garde, was plunged into a miraculous, boiling fountain, while his body, guarded by two lions, was preserved in a special tomb from which drops of blood with curative properties leached. On a textua...

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Autor principal: Fabry-Tehranchi, Irène
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spelling cairn-RMA_202_0331RMALe Moyen Âge https://shs.cairn.info/revue-le-moyen-age-2014-2-page-331?lang=fr https://doi.org/10.3917/rma.202.0331 La fontaine bouillonnante et la tombe de Lancelot l'Ancien : Modalités textuelles et iconographiques de la construction cyclique dans le Lancelot-Graal Fabry-Tehranchi, Irène2014 CycleIconographyLancelot-GrailManuscriptsMarvelfre Le Moyen Âge | CXX | 2 | 2014-11-06 | p. 331-375 | 0027-2841 RMA_20210 The head of King Lancelot the Elder, Sir Lancelot’s ancestor who was assassinated by the Duke of Belle Garde, was plunged into a miraculous, boiling fountain, while his body, guarded by two lions, was preserved in a special tomb from which drops of blood with curative properties leached. On a textual level, the references to the marvels that followed the death of Lancelot the Elder in the Estoire del saint Graal, the Lancelot propre, and the Queste del Saint Graal attest to the construction of the Lancelot-Graal cycle, integrating a dimension that is both historical and genealogical. Yet, the iconography of the illuminated manuscripts of the Lancelot-Grail concentrate more on creating a series out of related episodes than on constructing a truly cyclical structure. Re-using composition and iconographic motif strengthens the coherence of the chivalrous, marvelous universe thus created, without necessarily implying a circular effect.Cairn free access
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topic Cycle
Iconography
Lancelot-Grail
Manuscripts
Marvel
spellingShingle Cycle
Iconography
Lancelot-Grail
Manuscripts
Marvel
Fabry-Tehranchi, Irène
La fontaine bouillonnante et la tombe de Lancelot l'Ancien : Modalités textuelles et iconographiques de la construction cyclique dans le Lancelot-Graal
topic_facet Cycle
Iconography
Lancelot-Grail
Manuscripts
Marvel
description The head of King Lancelot the Elder, Sir Lancelot’s ancestor who was assassinated by the Duke of Belle Garde, was plunged into a miraculous, boiling fountain, while his body, guarded by two lions, was preserved in a special tomb from which drops of blood with curative properties leached. On a textual level, the references to the marvels that followed the death of Lancelot the Elder in the Estoire del saint Graal, the Lancelot propre, and the Queste del Saint Graal attest to the construction of the Lancelot-Graal cycle, integrating a dimension that is both historical and genealogical. Yet, the iconography of the illuminated manuscripts of the Lancelot-Grail concentrate more on creating a series out of related episodes than on constructing a truly cyclical structure. Re-using composition and iconographic motif strengthens the coherence of the chivalrous, marvelous universe thus created, without necessarily implying a circular effect.
author Fabry-Tehranchi, Irène
author_facet Fabry-Tehranchi, Irène
author_sort Fabry-Tehranchi, Irène
title La fontaine bouillonnante et la tombe de Lancelot l'Ancien : Modalités textuelles et iconographiques de la construction cyclique dans le Lancelot-Graal
title_short La fontaine bouillonnante et la tombe de Lancelot l'Ancien : Modalités textuelles et iconographiques de la construction cyclique dans le Lancelot-Graal
title_full La fontaine bouillonnante et la tombe de Lancelot l'Ancien : Modalités textuelles et iconographiques de la construction cyclique dans le Lancelot-Graal
title_fullStr La fontaine bouillonnante et la tombe de Lancelot l'Ancien : Modalités textuelles et iconographiques de la construction cyclique dans le Lancelot-Graal
title_full_unstemmed La fontaine bouillonnante et la tombe de Lancelot l'Ancien : Modalités textuelles et iconographiques de la construction cyclique dans le Lancelot-Graal
title_sort la fontaine bouillonnante et la tombe de lancelot l'ancien : modalités textuelles et iconographiques de la construction cyclique dans le lancelot-graal
publishDate 2014
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