The yolk of fresh hens’ eggs used as a binder for fine and thin brushstrokes, from about 1250-1500, and revived in 19th and 20th centuries.
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The incredible myth of Leda and the swan, the transformation of Phaëthon’s brother Cycnus, King Arthur, Hesiod, Swan Pie and more.
From his conception in an adulterous deception arranged by Merlin, and drawing a sword from an anvil, to his death following wounds inflicted by the dying Mordred.
Guenevere becomes a nun, Lancelot finds and she refuses to see him again. After her death, he buries her with Arthur, then dies himself.
When the queen is abducted, Lancelot rescues her, only to see her prepared to be burned at the stake. Arthur and Lancelot go to war against one another, and Arthur against Mordred, the usurper.
Tristram and Isode soon became lovers, and King Mark flew into a rage. Tristram escaped death, then became mad. After they were reconciled, Mark murdered the knight.
Sir Lancelot joined the Knights of the Round Table shortly before King Arthur defeated the emperor of Rome. He was then abducted by Morgan le Fay.
How Arthur came to be given his sword Excalibur, and how he came to marry Lady Guinevere, who was later to fall in love with Lancelot.
How Uther Pendragon, King of England, came to father Arthur, how Merlin arranged for hi
Once popular in wall paintings and miniatures across Europe, these legends were revived in the nineteenth century and adopted by the Pre-Raphaelites.
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