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Revision as of 12:40, 23 April 2015 by Darkness Shines (talk | contribs) (Your edits are disputed see talk,)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Melkin was a Bard born in Cumbria and is best known for his Prophecy of Melkin which gave the location of the tomb of Joseph of Arimathea. Melkin has been described as having lived before Merlin, and is credited with being the first author to have written about the Holy Grail and Joseph.
The prophecy itself is believed to be based on what is considered a the hoax perpetrated by Gerald of Wales, in which a soothsayer told Henry II the exact position of King Arthur`s burial place.
The Prophecy of Melkin
Amid these Joseph in marble Of Arimathea by name Hath found perpetual sleep And he lies on a two-forked line Next the south corner of an oratory Fashioned of wattles For the adoring of a mighty Virgin
In his sarcophagus Two cruets, white and silver Filled with blood and sweat Of the Prophet Jesus When his sarcophagus Shall be found entire, intact In time to come, it shall be seen
And shall be open unto all the world Thenceforth nor water nor the dew of heaven Shall fail the dwellers in that ancient isle For a long while before The day of judgment in Josaphat Open shall these things be And declared to living men
References
- Carley 2004, p. 73.
- Griffin 2012, p. 102.
- Griffin 2012, pp. 102–103.
- Carley 1994, p. 130.
Bibliography
- Carley, James P. (1985). The Chronicle of Glastonbury Abbey: An Edition, Translation and Study of John of Glastonbury's "Cronica sive Antiquitates Glastoniensis Ecclesiae". Translated by David Townsend. Boydell Press.
- Carley, James P. (1994). "A Grave Event: Henry V, Glastonbury Abbey, and Joseph of Arimathea's Bones". In Shichtman, Martin B.; Carley, James P. (eds.). Culture and the King: The Social Implications of the Arthurian Legend. State University of New York Press. pp. 129–148. ISBN 978-0791418635.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Carley, James P. (2004). "John of Glastonbury and Borrowings from the Vernacular". In Firth Green, Richard; Mooney, Linne R. (eds.). Interstices: Studies in Middle English and Anglo-Latin Texts in Honour of A.G. Rigg. University of Toronto Press. pp. 44–73. ISBN 978-0802087430.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - Griffin, Justin E. (2012). Glastonbury and the Grail: Did Joseph of Arimathea Bring the Sacred Relic to Britain?. McFarland. ISBN 978-0786465828.
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