. Known by many titles, the Arthurian Vulgate Cycle (ca. 1215–35) derives its most common name from the first, and only complete, edition of the cycle, undertaken by H.Oskar Sommer between 1908 and 1916. Using British Museum Additional...

(ca. 1100-after 1174). Born on the island of Jersey, Wace received his training first at Caen, then at Paris or, less likely, at Chartres; the influence of Hugh of Saint-Victor on his work is evident. Early in the 1130s, maistre Wace returned to Caen,...

The Lancelot-Grail, also known as the Prose Lancelot, the Vulgate Cycle, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle, is a major source of Arthurian legend written in French. It is a series of five prose volumes that tell the story of the quest for the Holy Grail and the...