Wednesday, May 15, 2013

GALEOTTO presides over the "first kiss" of LANCILLOTTO and GINEVRA. Lady Malohaut, Senechal, and Laura of Carduel conversing "far from the others, very surprised to be left alone". 1302.

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Galehaut presides over the First Kiss of Lancelot and Guinevere (left). Lady Malohaut, Senechal, and Laura of Carduel conversing "far from the others, very surprised to be left so alone," unaware of the scene betweeen the lovers. From

"Le Roman de Lancelot du Lac" -- Northwestern France, 1302. 

M.805,f.67.



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Art Resource, New York.

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