Babylon

Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail)

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 339 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 339)

  "That rock was set in the ocean sea, in that part where the direct passage lies for going from the sea to Babiloine, to the land of Escosce and Irlande, and to other western regions, as far as those places where land could be found;"

• attestation: Military action involving Babylon is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 339 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 339)

  "and on the other side, to the right, toward the northwest, one could see the land of Cordes and all the tip of Espagne."

• attestation: Babylon participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 339 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 339)

  "The rock was of such height as you have heard, and it stands in the most desolate place and the least frequented that exists among navigable waters."

• attestation: Babylon participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 339 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 339)

  "That place is so barren and so dismal that there is not the slightest bit of any earthly sustenance, nor is there as much arable soil as a fist could enclose;"

• attestation: Babylon participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 339 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 339)

  "rather it is all solid natural rock, down to the ocean waves."

• attestation: Babylon participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 339 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 339)

  "And because the rock stood in so desolate and perilous a place, it is therefore called by the local people the Rock of the Lost Port;"

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 339 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 339)

  "and there was once upon it a stronghold built with great pride, and it was built by a pirate of the sea who was called Foucaires."