Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolfram's Parzival
Murphy, G. Ronald![Gemstone of Paradise: The Holy Grail in Wolfram's Parzival](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/226/22678705/CHSBZCOP0322678705.jpg)
The story of the Grail, usually identified as some kind of mystical vessel, has gripped the imaginations of millions since it first appeared in several medieval romances. Of these, Wolfram von Eschenbach's Middle High German Parzival (c. 1210) is generally recognized as the most complex andbeautiful. Strangely, in Parzival, the Grail is identified as a stone rather than a cup or dish. This oddity is usually seen as just another mystery, furthe...