Author :
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334383052
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (83 download)
Book Synopsis The History of the Holy Grail (Classic Reprint) by :
Download or read book The History of the Holy Grail (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-23 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The History of the Holy Grail How in the year 717 ad. In \vhite Britain, which is England, Christ, as a beautiful man, appears in a vision to a Trinity-doubting monk, and promises to clear his doubts; and (p. 7) gives him a little Book; and how in the book there are four treatises, with these titles: 'i. Here he ginneth thy lineage. II. Here beginneth the book of the Holy Grail. III. Ilere begin the terrors. IV. Here begin the marvels' (p. How a ray as of fire descends from heaven, and great darkness comes, and then sweet odours, and sweet voices singing hymns to God (p. How on Good Friday an Angel appears to the monk, and takes him up to the third Heaven (p. And reveals the mystery of the Trinity to him (p. How the monk locks the Book up in a box (p, How on Easter Day the monk says his service, and then finds the Book gone. How he has a vision, telling him to go to Norway, and there find the Book How he goes after the Book, a wonderful Beast guiding him (p. 16) how he is lodged by a hermit the first night (p. 17) how on the second day he comes to the Pine of Adventures and its miraculous Fountain (p. And how a lady's servant feeds him there, and how he is lodged by a knight (p. How on the third day he finds the Book in a little chapel, and cures a devil-possesst man with it (p. How food for this man is sent miraculously (p. 22) how on the ninth day the monk starts for home with the Book, and the Beast reappears (p. 23) how the monk reaches home. How he is told in a vision to copy out the Book (p. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.