Workshop of Bonifacio Bembo, 1446

Eranos Archive 38/6 From Codex Palatinus 556 "La Tavola Ritonda" (Round Table), drawn in the Cremonese area. The depicted scene is the passing of Arthur in 144 of the prose. 'There Sir Ivano, who was wounded in three places, fell down dead, and at this King Artù made the greatest lament in the world. Then the king pulled out his sword and put it in his squire’s hand, commanding that he throw it into the sea. ... Finally the squire threw it, and he saw an arm reach out of the water and catch the sword, brandishing it three times before taking it under the sea, never to be seen again. After a little, over the water there came a small ship covered in white samite. When the king saw it, he said to his squire, “Now my end has come.”' (from Shaver, A. et al. (1983) Tristan and the Round Table : a translation of La Tavola ritonda)

Bembo, Bonifacio (ca. 1420-1482) (also known as Bonfazio Bembo) Workshop of
Anzoli, Zuliano de (the 15th century, scribe and copyist) (Author)

ca. 1446

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