The forbidden seat at the Round Table reserved for the purest Grail knight.
- ARTHURIAN ITEMS
- French Romance Tradition
- German Tradition
- Grail Tradition
- Relics and Sacred Objects
- Source | Continuations of Perceval
- Source | Diu Crône
- Source | Joseph d'Arimathie
- Source | Le Morte Darthur
- Source | Parzival
- Source | Perceval, or Le Conte del Graal
- Source | Perlesvaus
- Source | Post-Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal
- Source | Post-Vulgate Suite du Merlin
- Source | Vulgate Estoire del Saint Graal
- Source | Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal
- THE GRAIL TRADITION
The Grail is the sacred vessel sought by King Arthur’s knights in the later Arthurian romances. It is most often described as the cup used at the Last Supper and the vessel that received Christ’s blood at the Crucifixion. The quest for the Grail becomes the highest spiritual trial of the Round Table, attainable only by the purest knight.
- ARTHURIAN CHARACTERS
- Arthuriana
- Clerics, Hermits, and Holy Figures
- FAMILIES AND LINEAGES
- French Romance Tradition
- Grail Tradition
- Source | Didot-Perceval
- Source | Joseph d'Arimathie
- Source | Le Livre d'Artus
- Source | Perlesvaus
- Source | Vulgate Estoire del Saint Graal
- Source | Vulgate Merlin
- The Grail Lineage
- THE GRAIL TRADITION
Alain le Gros (or Alain the Large) was remembered in Arthurian tradition as father of Percivale and the third Grail keeper at Carbonek.
- ARTHURIAN CHARACTERS
- Arthuriana
- Clerics, Hermits, and Holy Figures
- French Romance Tradition
- Grail Tradition
- Source | Cronica sive Antiquitates Glastoniensis Ecclesie
- Source | De Antiquitate Glastoniensis Ecclesiae
- Source | Joseph d'Arimathie
- Source | Post-Vulgate Cycle
- Source | Post-Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal
- Source | Sone de Nausay
- Source | Vulgate Estoire del Saint Graal
- Source | Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal
- The Grail Lineage
- THE GRAIL TRADITION
Joseph of Arimathea is remembered in Arthurian tradition as the first keeper of the Holy Grail. A figure rooted in the Gospels, he bridges biblical history and medieval legend, carrying the relic of Christ’s Passion into the lineage that would one day lead to the Grail quest of Arthur’s knights.
Josephe, son of Joseph of Arimathea, is portrayed in the Vulgate romances as the first Christian bishop and the original Grail Keeper.