Thursday, August 14, 2014

King Arthur in Tuscany? San Galgano and the sword in the stone - Italy





Did King Arthur Come From Italy?

A mysterious "sword in the stone" said to have been thrust into a rock near Siena by a medieval knight proves that the legend of King Arthur, Excalibur and the Holy Grail originated in Tuscany, not Cornwall or Brittany, an Italian scholar claims.

The sword, of which only the hilt and an inch or two of blade is visible, is preserved at the Gothic abbey of San Galgano at Montesiepi, about 19 miles (30 km) southwest of Siena.


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3 comments:

  1. I concur with my learned friend. Said "bollox" is an appropriate summary of the latin-based 'bolloxia sunt twatae italuani", which all scholars will appreciate.

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  2. Sirs, as an avid Arthurian leg-end aficionado, my left foot circumstantial evidence-based historical studies verifies said "bolloxia" to be a truism. Perchance some plank of an Italianus builder dropped his trowel in cement after quaffing copoious beverages of the 13% proof version (see Pisa, leaning tower of, pissed Itis build).

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