![]() ![]() Wolfram's “sacred stone” was none other than a consecrated altar, precious by virtue of the sacrament but also, this book argues, by virtue of the material from which it was made: a green gem, one of the precious stones associated with the rivers of Paradise. The Grail, container of the sacred body and blood of Christ, Wolfram was saying, was where God said it would be: on the altar at the consecration of the Mass. This book seeks to illuminate this mystery and to enable a far better appreciation of Wolfram's insight into the nature of the Grail and its relationship to the Crusades. This oddity is usually seen as just another mystery, further evidence of the difficulty of discerning the true sources of the Grail legend. ![]() Strangely, in Parzival, the Grail is identified as a stone rather than a cup or dish. ![]() 1210) is generally recognized as the most complex and beautiful. Of these, Wolfram von Eschenbach's Middle High German Parzival (c. The story of the Grail, usually identified as some kind of mystical vessel, has gripped the imaginations of millions since it first appeared in several medieval romances. ![]()
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