Torn, folded and stitched, rare tales of Merlin shapeshifting into King Arthur’s court and Sir Gawain gaining power from the sun were bound into a book of property records from the 1500s.

Further examination of the pages found that the story was not the aforementioned tale of Sir Gawain, but a sequel to "Merlin," the story that introduced the world to Merlin and King Arthur. The ...

The two pages are from a 13th century copy of the “Suite Vulgate du Merlin.” The manuscript, handwritten by a medieval scribe in Old French, served as the sequel to the legend of King Arthur.