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Historians recently unveiled a rare 13th-century document depicting the tales of King Arthur and Merlin – and ... able to scan and create a virtual image of the manuscript without risking ...

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The fragment contains stories about Merlin and King Arthur. The two pages are from a 13th century copy of the “Suite Vulgate du Merlin.” The manuscript, handwritten by a medieval scribe in Old ...