Thomas Malory’s ‘Le Morte D’Arthur, the Winchester Manuscript, MS 59678, f.35, British Library
Source: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/englit/malory/large17446.html
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Inktober Day 6! Woo! Keeping with myths and legends – this one is none other than the Lady of the Lake! She tricked Merlin and hands out swords. Of COURSE she’s a BAMF.
I probably will revisit her with colour, which is why I didn’t go terribly in depth on the background.
Lady of the Lake linocut
King Arthur
(2004) dir. Antoine Fuqua
Keira Knightley as Guinevere
A royal majestic beard!
Can’t find a better source for this, but I found it here.
So sometimes Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone are not the same blade. (This is not one of those times).
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Day 6 inktober Sword.
King Arthur