Tristan in Prose is a 13th century prose romance of which a
multitude of copies were made over the course of the medieval
period. This work of knightly character is strongly influenced by
the Lancelot en prose, which was written at the end of the first
quarter of the 13th century. In this collection, which refer to the
myths of Tristan and Arthur, Tristan is portrayed as the perfect
lover and as the perfect knight, who as a Knight of the Round Table
participates in the search for the Holy Grail. The Geneva
manuscript is incomplete. It ends with the jousting competition
between King Arthur and Tristan, in which the latter unseats the
King and Yvain from their saddles. The defeated pair then returns
to Roche Dure (Volume 3 of the Philippe Menard edition, 1991). At
this time there are 82 known manuscripts and manuscript fragments
of this work.
Rights
e-codices - Virtual Manuscript Library of Switzerland
