Sir gawain and the green knight

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This is my favourite fantasy picture - as much as you can ever have a genuine favourite piece of art, book, film, song, etc. It's John Howe's painting of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and it's been my home desktop wallpaper for a long time. I never get tired of looking at it. I think partly this is just because the landscape is reminiscent of the kind of landscapes which I love and am often hiking or camping in: brooding, desolate moors. It feels like a stylised, approximation of…

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a Middle-English romance poem. Its author is unknown.

The Saxon Storyteller | THE GREEN KNIGHT/MARGHEK GWYRDH From the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Sir Gawain (a knight of King Arthur's Round table)… | Instagram

Gallery-grade prints on high-quality paper, this is the real deal Lightly textured 100% cotton paper Custom sizes, based on artwork dimensions. Check size chart if self-framing Dimensions include a 1 - 2 inch (2.5 - 5.0cm) white border to assist in framing Shipped in protective packaging

This king lay at Camelot one Christmastide With many mighty lords, manly liegemen, Members rightly reckoned of the Round Table, In splendid celebration, seemly and carefree. There tussling in tournament time and again Jousted in jollity these gentle knights, Then in court carnival sang catches and danced; For fifteen days the feasting there was full in like measure With all the meat and merry-making men could devise, Gladly ringing glee, glorious to hear, A noble din by day, dancing at…

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Translated by Brian Stone Penguin Classics L92, 1974 Cover: A detail from a medieval illuminated manuscript

This article explores the role of women in "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight," a classic Arthurian epic poem from the Middle Ages. It compares the depiction of women to earlier Old English epic poetry, using the classic text "Beowulf" as an example.