CHAPTER VIII

THE PROSE LANCELOT--LANCELOT AND THE GRAIL

Intricacy of questions involved--Grail problem, so far, has

not been solved--Possibility that mutual relation between

_Lancelot_ and _Grail_ romances may yield us the key to

both problems 119-120

Necessity of distinguishing three distinct _Questes_--Later

Grail _Queste_ combination of _Grail_ (Perceval) and

_Château Merveil_ (Gawain) adventures 121

Dr. Wechssler's theory of _Grail-Lancelot_ cycle examined--

Results as deduced by author unsatisfactory 121-124

Evidence of MS. 751 key to truth--Original Borron _Queste_ a

Perceval, not a Galahad, _Queste_--Didot _Perceval_

represents an early, _Perceval li Gallois_ a later, form

of Perceval-Lancelot--Grail _Queste_ evidence for this

discussed 124-132

Origin of the Galahad _Queste_--Dependent upon the _Lancelot_,

but by another hand--Contradiction between presentment

of characters and essential _motif_ of story 133-140

Motives determining evolution of Galahad _Queste_--Necessity of

connecting two main branches of tradition, _Lancelot_ and

the _Grail_--This only possible under certain conditions

which we find fulfilled in the _Queste_ 140-146

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