. The Open court. Chevelere Assigne, the Knight of the Swan.(Old Print of Copeland, about 1550, preserved in the British Museum in London.) his wound healed, rose and acclaimed his deliverer and the knights swore fealty to the new king, and an invisible choirof angels sang Hail to Percival, King of the Grail !Once he seemed lost forever,Now he is blessed forever !Hail to the King of the Grail ! A moment later, a veiled woman entered the hall, who revealedherself as Percivals wife, Konduriamur, from whom he had so long 142 THE OPEN COURT. been parted. Next it was seen that while a
. The Open court. Chevelere Assigne, the Knight of the Swan.(Old Print of Copeland, about 1550, preserved in the British Museum in London.) his wound healed, rose and acclaimed his deliverer and the knights swore fealty to the new king, and an invisible choirof angels sang Hail to Percival, King of the Grail !Once he seemed lost forever,Now he is blessed forever !Hail to the King of the Grail ! A moment later, a veiled woman entered the hall, who revealedherself as Percivals wife, Konduriamur, from whom he had so long 142 THE OPEN COURT. been parted. Next it was seen that while all the rest of the com-pany stood in the light of the Holy Grail, the Moorish King Feire-fiss alone was enveloped in darkness. Titurel explained that thiswas because he was not a Christian believer, whereupon Feirefiss. Elijah, the Knight of the Swan.^ (Illustration of a manuscript of the fourteenth century, preserved in theNational Museum of Paris.) declared his faith and asked to be baptised. When this was done hetoo was able to see the Holy Grail and to stand in its light. 1 Elijah comes to the rescue of the Duchess of Bouillon, a widow whose throne and posses-sions are threatened by Renier of Niniwegen. Having conquered the oppressor, Elijah marriesBeatrice, the dau^hier of the Duchess, on condition that she would never ask for his name anddescent. But after seven years the young wife asks the question, and Elijah departs forever,leaving behind a wonderful horn which remains the palladium of the Bouillon family. Ida, the daughter of Beatrice, is said to have been the mother of Godfrey of Bouillon, thecrusader and first king of the Holy Sepulchre. It is obvious that in all its most important details the story is the same as the Lohengrinlegend. PARSIFAL. 143 Titurel and Anifortas were presently tr
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