Joseph (of Arimathea, Grail keeper)

Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail)

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 47 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 47)

  "peaks of the graal and of a noble knight who lived in that time, whose name was Joseph d'Arimachie."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 47 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 47)

  "redeemed, through his death, only the thief, who was as nothing compared to other people, just as stubble is as nothing compared to the other grain;"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 47 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 47)

  "and the text says that it was in the time of the father"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 47 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 47)

  "and nevertheless there were already many of those who had already the beginning of belief;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 47 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 47)

  "but they did not dare do so openly."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 47 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 47)

  "But above all the unbelievers, holy scripture already speaks of the graal and of a noble knight who lived in that time, whose name was Joseph d'Arimachie."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 47 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 47)

  "Arimachie was a city in the land of Arramache, beyond the river Jourdain;"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48)

  "He was full of great mercy toward the needy."

• attribution: Joseph is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48)

  "All these virtues were in him, and of him the first psalm of the psalter speaks, which says: "Blessed is the man who does not agree with, nor consent to the counsels of the wicked, and who does not wish to walk in the way of sinners."

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48)

  "Of all the virtues that can be in a mortal man, Joseph was endowed, for he loved God and feared him."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48)

  "From that city Joseph was born;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48)

  "And he was most compassionate and gentle and of great devotion, and he had received the faith of Jhésu-Crist;"

• attestation: A death event (kill) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48)

  "but he did not dare show it, lest the Jews kill him."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48)

  "He was compassionate and kind toward his neighbor."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48)

  "He was peaceable and agreeable toward his kin;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 48)

  "he was without harm and without injury to those below him."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 49 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 49)

  "This Joseph crossed the lineage of his father overseas, all the way to fair Bretagne, which is now called Engletere, and he crossed without oar and wi"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 49 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 49)

  "ture so often calls to witness."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 49 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 49)

  "It was not this one, but rather it was another who was no less learned than he."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 49 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 49)

  "This Joseph crossed the lineage of his father overseas, all the way to fair Bretagne, which is now called Engletere, and he crossed without oar and without rudder, nor was there ever any sail save the fold of his shirt, nothing more, just as the story bears witness further on."

• attestation: Narrative content at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 49 line 1 attests to events in the Grail history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 49)

  "ture so often calls to witness. It was not this one, but rather it was another who was no less learned than he."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80)

  "He carried it away with him to his house and stored it in a most honorable and most beautiful place;"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80)

  "This Joseph, of whom I have told you, saw our Lord in many places,"

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80)

  "let us leave off speaking of him here for a little while, and let us tell how our Lord was brought to death."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80)

  "This Joseph, of whom I have told you, saw our Lord in many places,

there where he had eaten on Thursday with his disciples, and when he came to the house, he asked to see the place where he had eaten, and they showed him a place that was set up for eating, and it was the highest floor of the house."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80)

  "There Joseph found the bowl in which the Son of God had eaten, he being the third, before he had given his flesh and his blood to the twelve to consume;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80)

  "and when he held it, he was most joyful."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 80)

  "and when he knew that the savior of the world was dead and that they had found him dead and wished to break his legs just as they did to the other thieves, he did not wish to wait for the wicked, the disloyal ones who disbelieved in him to take him down or remove him from the cross with their foul, defiled hands."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "And when he came to the cross where he still hung, he began to weep most bitterly for the great sufferings and pains that he saw he had endured;"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "And Joseph asked him for the body of Jhésus, and Pylates gave it, not knowing what he gave;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "he loved him greatly;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "but he did not dare show it, because of the other Jews."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "Jhésu-Cris had many enemies."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "He came to Pylaite, whose earthly knight he was;"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "And when he came before him, he begged him, as reward for all the services he had rendered him, that he grant him a gift that would cost him very little."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "And Pylates, who greatly loved him and his service, answered that he would have it, for he well deserved it."

• attribution: Joseph is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "for he thought he was giving the body of a poor sinner, yet he was giving the pardon of sinners and the bread of life."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "He thought he was giving a poor corpse as a gift, yet he was giving the giver of all gifts, and the resurrection of all corpses that are formed in human shape."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (sentence 12) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "but because Pylate's conscience was such that he did not know what he was giving, for that reason one should despise it more than value it as a gift;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (sentence 14) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "And Joseph, who well recognized the great richness of the gift, was most joyful about it;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (sentence 15) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "for it was granted to him, and he considered himself more content with it than Pylates considered himself well pleased."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 51)

  "and when he had taken him down with great sighs and great tears, he laid him in a sepulcher that he had had carved in the rock, where he himself was to be placed at his death;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54)

  "there they were assembled, and they discussed how they might seize Jhésu-Crist."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54)

  "At this council was Joseph d'Arimachie, and he was most grieved by what he heard."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54)

  "his share of the income;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54)

  "so it seemed to him that his tenth was well worth thirty deniers;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54)

  "so he sought, as quickly as he could, how he might recover these thirty deniers."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54)

  "And when they saw him, they turned away, for they thought he was too loyal a disciple."

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54)

  "and they asked him: "Where is your lord?"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54)

  "" And he told them where, and why they had come there."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 54)

  "And when they heard that he was breaking the law, they were most pleased, and they asked his counsel on how they might take him."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55 (sentence 11) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55)

  "Thus they broke up their council, and each went to his lodging, and they waited until Thursday."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55)

  "At these words and throughout this whole affair, Joseph d'Arimachie was present, and it greatly troubled him."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55)

  "Then he told them how they would take him;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55)

  "and they set a day for it;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55)

  "and that was on Thursday."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55)

  "" And they asked him, "How shall we recognize him?"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55)

  "" and he told them: "The one whom I shall kiss, seize him;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55)

  "" thus they settled their plan."

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 55)

  "But he dared not do otherwise."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 60 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 60)

  "" Then Pylates asked for water and washed his hands, and said that just as his hands were clean because he had washed them with water, so too would his body be clean of the death of that man."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 60 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 60)

  "And when Joseph heard it, he"

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 60 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 60)

  "why he should receive death."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 60 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 60)

  "" And they cry out: "Upon us and upon our children let the blood of him be spilled!"

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 60 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 60)

  "That Jew who had the vessel came to Pylate and gave it to him, and when Pylates held it, he put it in a safe place, until news came that they had put Jhésus to death."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61)

  "" And Pylates marveled greatly at how little he had asked of him, so it seemed to him."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61)

  "" Then Joseph turned and went straight to the cross, and when he saw Jhesum, he"

• attestation: A death event (kill) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61)

  "outside, wrongfully killed."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61)

  "He said to him: "I thought you would ask me for a greater thing;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61)

  "and since you have requested this, you shall have it."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61)

  "" And he said: "Many thanks;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61)

  "now command that I may have it."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61)

  "" And he said to him: "Go and take him."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61)

  "" And he answered: "Lord, there are great and strong men there;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61)

  "they will not let me take him."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 61)

  "" And Pylate said: "Yes, they will."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62)

  "" Then Joseph departed and went to Pylate and told him how they had answered."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62)

  "felt very great pity and wept, for he loved him with a true love."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62)

  "" And he said: "Leave him to me, for he has given him to me."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62)

  "And he went to the guards and said: "Pylates has given me the body of that man, to remove him from this disgrace."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62)

  "" And they all answered together: "You shall not have him, for his disciples have said that he will rise again."

• attestation: A death event (kill) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62)

  "And no matter how many times he rises again, we will kill him."

• attestation: A death event (kill) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62)

  "" And they say: "We will kill you first."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62)

  "And when Pylates heard it, he was greatly displeased."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 62)

  "He saw a man of high rank who was there"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63)

  "" Then he gave it to him, and Joseph bowed, who"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63)

  "present, and sent him with Joseph, and commanded him to make them give him the body of that prophet."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63)

  "And that man went with him most willingly."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63)

  "And when Pylates had given this command, he remembered the vessel that the Jew had given him."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63)

  "He called Joseph and asked him if he loved the prophet greatly."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63)

  "And Joseph told him: "Yes."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63)

  "" And Pylates said that he had his vessel in which he used to consecrate, and that one of those men had given it to him, who was there where he was taken."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 63)

  ""And I give it to you, for I wish to keep nothing of his."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 64 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 64)

  "And Pylates has given him to Joseph and has commanded me to take him down."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 64 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 64)

  "" And they all cry out together that he is to rise again and that they shall not have him."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 65 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 65)

  "And they went off to make complaint to Pylate."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 65 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 65)

  "And Nicodemus climbed up high, and Joseph with him, and they took down Jhesum."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 65 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 65)

  "Then Joseph took him in his arms and laid him on the ground and washed the wound most carefully."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 65 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 65)

  "And as he washed him, he saw the wounds that were bleeding."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 65 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 65)

  "He remembered the stone that had been split at the foot of the cross, on account of the other blood that had been spilled."

• attestation: The Holy Grail vessel is referenced in connection with Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 65 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 65)

  "He remembered his vessel, and he thought that those drops that were falling from it would be better kept in his vessel than anywhere else."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 65 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 65)

  "Then he placed it around the wound at the side, and the blood that dripped from it he put"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67)

  "" And those who had guarded him said that he is no longer where Joseph had laid him."

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67)

  "holy Marie la Madalaine and his other disciples, wherever it pleased him."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67)

  "And when he was risen, the Jews heard tell of it."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67)

  "They assembled and held council and said: "This man will do us harm yet, if it is true that he is risen."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67)

  "" Then they took counsel as to what they might say if their masters asked them."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67)

  "So they said that they would say that they had handed him over to Joseph."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67)

  "And if he said: "We had him guarded where he was placed — ask those who were to guard him."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 67)

  "" And one of them answers: "About this we"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69)

  "When they had led Joseph out of Jhérusalem, only the two of them led him, who had sworn that never through them would anyone learn news of him."

• attribution: The title bishop is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69)

  "a strong house that belonged to the bishop Caïfas."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69)

  "That house was in a great marketplace."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69)

  "There were two pillars, all hollowed out, so that it appeared to be a marketplace."

• attestation: An imprisonment of Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69)

  "Inside that pillar was the most hideous dungeon that was ever seen, and the foulest."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69)

  "And no man would ever have perceived it if he had not been told beforehand, so cunningly was it made."

• attestation: An imprisonment of Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69)

  "They took him to the dungeon and ordered the jailer that he should have nothing to eat but a piece of bread and a full cup of water."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69)

  "And then they returned to Jhérusalem, so that they arrived before daybreak."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69)

  "And then they heard the uproar and the great lamentation over Joseph, who was lost."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69)

  "And when Pylates learned of it, he was greatly grieved."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69 (sentence 11) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 69)

  "He did not know what to do, for he thought well that the Jews had done this by the counsel"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70)

  "guards had told the Jews how they had lost him, they said that they would make Joseph pay for their having lost Jhesum."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70)

  "of the master of the law."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70)

  "And he did not know what to do."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70)

  "And when the Sunday came on which Jhésus was risen, and the guards had told the Jews how they had lost him, they said that they would make Joseph pay for their having lost Jhesum."

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70)

  "They sent word to Cayphas and to the jailer that he should never give him anything to eat, but rather let him die of hunger."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70)

  "But the Lord for whom the Jews had sought his death did not wish to abandon him in his distress;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70)

  "rather, he repaid him a hundredfold for his service."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70)

  "For as soon as his body had come forth from the sepulcher, he came to him in the dungeon where he was, and brought him as company the holy vessel that Joseph had stored at his house, with all the blood that he had collected."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70)

  "And when Joseph saw him, he was overjoyed, and then he knew truly that this was God."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 70)

  "And he did not repent"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71)

  "Thus the Savior of the world appeared to Joseph before anyone else and comforted him greatly."

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71)

  "rather, he had such joy that he cared nothing for the prison, since he had the comfort and the life and the companionship of his lord."

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71)

  "And he said that he should be assured that he would not die in prison;"

• attestation: An emotional response involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71)

  "rather, he would come out whole and sound, and would never have pain or sorrow there, and he would always be in his company."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71)

  "And when he came out, it would turn to a marvel for all the world who would see him."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71)

  "Afterward, his name would be carried to foreign lands by him and by his heirs."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71)

  "But the time had not yet come for him to leave."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71)

  "Rather, he would remain until all the world believed him to be dead, and when he had come out, his name would be glorified and praised."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71)

  "Many people would inquire about that place."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71)

  "Thus Joseph remained in prison until he was entirely forgotten, so that no one spoke of him anymore."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 71)

  "The lady was urged many times to remarry, but she said she would never have carnal union with a man before"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 72 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 72)

  "A long time after the death of Jhésu-Crist, Joseph was in prison, as you have heard, and he remained there forty-two years."

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 72 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 72)

  "she knew with certainty the truth about her lord, for she loved him above all creation."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 72 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 72)

  "And when the child came of age to marry, his relatives urged him to marry."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (mother) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 72 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 72)

  "But he was so seized with the love of Jhésu-Crist, through the encouragement of his mother, that he said he would never make any marriage for himself except with holy Church alone, for they believed in God and had received baptism from the hand of saint Jaques the lesser, who was bishop of Jhérusalem."

• attribution: The title emperor is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 72 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 72)

  "And then Vaspasien the emperor of Rome freed him from it, and you shall hear how."

• attestation: A temporal reference or duration is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 72 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 72)

  "He remained there forty-two years and never came out, nor was he ever given anything to eat but bread and water, and little of it, about every three days."

• attestation: A death event (crucif) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 72 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 72)

  "On the day that Jhésu-Crist was crucified,"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 77 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 77)

  "the crucifixion of our Lord Jhésu-Crist, up to the deliverance of Joseph, and you shall hear how he was"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84)

  "And when the wife of Joseph heard this news, she came before him, she and her son, and made complaint about her husband whom they had taken from her,"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84)

  "endure him, however much they loved him."

• attribution: The title emperor is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84)

  "The emperor was very grieved by this, and all those who loved him."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84)

  "And by force of the

to go to Judée and he brought the knight with him;"

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84)

  "and he had himself signed over his whole household."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84)

  "And Vaspasianus had them all seized and had a great fire made and said he would burn them all."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84)

  "And he asked her why they had done this, and the lady said it was because he had taken Jhésu down from the cross and placed him in a sepulchre of his own."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84)

  "And when he heard this, he swore he would burn them all if they did not show him where he was."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84)

  "And they answered that he might as well burn them, for they could not return him, and they did not know what had become of him;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84)

  "and they spoke the truth, for they did not know the truth of it;"

• attestation: An imprisonment of Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84)

  "nor of the two who had led him to prison, there was only one Jew among them;"

• attestation: An imprisonment of Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 84)

  "for the other had had his head cut off within the week they had been put in prison, and the jailer fell from the windows of the tower to the ground, the next day"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 96 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 96)

  "emselves will confirm it all just as I have told you, except for the capture of Joseph."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 96 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 96)

  "" and he answered: "Just as I have told you, I will make it known to you before them and they themselves will confirm it all just as I have told you, except for the capture of Joseph."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 96 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 96)

  "" And they answered: "Have them summoned;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 96 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 96)

  "and let all those who were there be in this town within one month."

• attribution: The title emperor is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 96 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 96)

  "" And Pylates took his messengers and sent them everywhere to summon them and then commanded that the emperor's messengers wished to speak with them."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 96 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 96)

  "In the meantime, before the appointed day of the month came, Pylate had searched throughout the whole country for anything that had belonged to Jhésu: but they could find nothing of his."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 96 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 96)

  "Thus they assembled in Arimacie and Pylates said to the messengers: "Let me speak first;"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114)

  "And when Joseph heard this, he had very great joy."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114)

  "that he had done to him."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114)

  "Then Vaspasiens had himself drawn up first, in order to tell above of the great marvels and the great joy that was below in the dungeon at night when it was dark and black, full of vermin."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114)

  "In the meanwhile, a voice came to Joseph which said to him: "Do not be afraid, but be entirely assured, for the earthly avenger has come."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114)

  "He will avenge you upon your enemies bodily;"

• attestation: An emotional response involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114)

  "but the spiritual vengeance will be more grievous."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114)

  "And when you have seen what vengeance has been taken, I will show you how great a suffering you must endure in order to carry my name through foreign lands."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114)

  "" And Joseph answered: "Lord, your servant is prepared to suffer all things that your mouth pleases to command;"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114)

  "but Lord, what shall I do with your most holy vessel, for I would very much wish that it could be hidden and that no one should ever see it."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114)

  "" And the voice answered him: "Do not worry about the vessel, for when you come to your house, you will find it there."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114 (sentence 11) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 114)

  "Now go forth safely, for I take you into my keeping and my guidance."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117)

  "There were some who judged that he should have him put in the prison where Joseph had been, so that he would die there of hunger."

• attestation: A death event (kill) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117)

  "that he be neither killed nor burned."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117)

  "And the others said that he could well have him put to death without breaking his pledge, for he was only bound to protect him from burning and killing."

• attestation: A death event (kill) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117)

  "And if he had him drowned, he would be neither killed nor burned."

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117)

  "And Joseph said: "Sire, the power and the lordship is in you to do with him as you will;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117)

  "but for God's sake, do not do so, for perhaps he will yet amend his life and seek refuge in him who so long kept me safe and sound and delivered me from his hands and from those of my other enemies."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117)

  "And perchance our Lord will yet be so served by him that he would not wish him dead at this time."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117)

  ""

And Vaspasiens answered: "Since you wish it, much shall be done according to your counsel, and I will not have him put to death;"

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117)

  "but in some manner I must take vengeance for the death of the Lord whom he had wrongfully put to death."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117)

  "And if it pleases the Lord that he live, he shall live;"

• attestation: A healing or recovery of Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117)

  "but when I came to this land, I pledged to the Lord that I would not return until I had avenged him to the best of my power for the wrong and the shame that were done to him in this city, and I must indeed avenge him, for he healed me of the greatest leprosy that any man's body ever endured, to my knowledge."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 117)

  "But when I came to this city, I made a vow that I would avenge him to the best of my power;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120)

  "And you will receive into your household and company all those men and women who wish to follow you and who wish to be baptized;"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120)

  "for from Josephes your son shall never come forth carnal fruit, for he has promised me perpetual chastity."

• attestation: An act of preaching or teaching by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120)

  "come when you will go forth to preach in my name."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120)

  "And you will have to give up earthly riches for my sake;"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120)

  "nor will you ever return to this land."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120)

  "Rather, your seed will be spread through such distant lands that you could neither think nor imagine it;"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120)

  "for I have yet to fill foreign lands with your seed — not with that which you have already begotten, but with that which you shall beget;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120)

  "Now see to it that you have yourself baptized tomorrow."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120)

  "And you will go forth from Jhérusalem in such manner that you shall never enter it again."

• attestation: The Holy Grail vessel is referenced in connection with Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120)

  "And you will go without gold and without silver and without money, and without shoes, nor shall you carry away of all your goods anything but my vessel alone — that much you shall carry with you."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 120)

  "but I do not wish that anyone carry money in your company, for you and those who faithfully serve me alongside you shall have all"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124)

  "will counsel you in such a way that you shall lack neither shelter nor food;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124)

  "but take care that you do not despair of his great mercy."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124)

  "For if you wish to serve him faithfully, as good Christians ought to do, your hearts would not think in the morning of what they might need before nightfall, nor did he ever show as much love to our forebears in the deserts as he will show to us, if we serve him as a father ought to be served by his children."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124)

  "But if we serve him as stepchildren, as our fathers served him in the deserts, he will not treat us as a father, but as a stepfather."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124)

  "For he will not help us;"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124)

  "With that Joseph ceased speaking;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124)

  "rather he will fail us when we have the greatest need of help."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 124)

  "and they traveled until they came to a wood that was half a league from Bretagne, and it was called the wood of ambushes, and it was called by that name because in that wood"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128)

  "In the morning, Joseph had the ark made, as our Lord had commanded him;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128)

  "to take shelter in the wood in bowers and leafy shelters."

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128)

  "And when they had made their lodgings, they went to prayers."

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128)

  "And when they returned from prayers, each one found in his shelter what he desired to eat."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128)

  "They ate and drank as much as pleased them."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128)

  "And they were so comfortable that night, with the food and lying upon the grass, that they had never been more at ease."

• attestation: The Holy Grail vessel is referenced in connection with Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128)

  "and he placed within it the vessel of the Savior."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 128)

  "It was between Babiloine and Salemandre;"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9)

  "To that city came Joseph and his other companions, on the eleventh day after he departed from Jhérusalem."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9)

  "sect that the Saracens maintained afterward, until the coming of Mahoumet, who was sent to save them;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9)

  "but he damned himself first, and them after, through his gluttony."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9)

  "But then they established the worship of the sun and the moon, and the other planets."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9)

  "And when he came to the entrance of the city, our Lord called to him and said to him: "Joseph, you shall go into the city and preach my name;"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9)

  "and all those who receive the faith, baptize them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9)

  "" And then Joseph answered: "Lord, how shall I know how to preach so well, when I have never undertaken such a thing?"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9)

  "" And our Lord said to him: "Do not be dismayed by what you cannot do, but only open your mouth, and I shall place within it a great abundance of words;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9)

  "nor shall you ever find a man of such great prowess, full of such great learning, who could withstand the words that I shall cast forth from your mouth."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9 (sentence 11) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 9)

  "And I shall make you speak to my apostles, through"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131)

  "And when Joseph had entered the lodgings, he found a very great multitude of Saracens."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131)

  "And he was called the Unknown because no man knew from what country he was born, nor from what place he had come."

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131)

  "And he was still very valiant and very courageous."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131)

  "But he was so old in his years that he could no longer endure nor suffer the toil of bearing arms."

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131)

  "So he was no longer as feared nor as dreaded as he had been in his youth."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131)

  "At these words came Joseph, and he understood well and heard that within they were discussing the king's defeat and his misfortune."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131 (sentence 14) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 131)

  "When he heard the truth of the matter, he had very great joy over it."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132)

  "Then Joseph came before him, and when he saw him so sad and so pale and so pensive, he said to him: "Evalach, do not be so dismayed;"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132)

  "So he began to give thanks to our Lord his creator, for having brought him there at so good a moment;"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132)

  "and when the king had spoken to all his barons, he could find no counsel among them, for they had all failed him, and they said that against the Egyptians they would never fight again;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132)

  "for the Egyptians had far greater strength than they had, and nothing could come of it but misfortune;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132)

  "and this was plain to see, they said, for already it had gone badly for them once, so shamefully, that they did not think it could ever be set right."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132)

  "Thus, as you can hear, they all failed him, and said that, if it pleased him, let him seek peace with the Egyptians as best he could, for they would never again undertake the war."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132)

  "At this the king was greatly dismayed and greatly frightened, so much that he knew not what to say."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132)

  "for if you are willing to believe my counsel, you shall have joy and victory over your enemies, and the glory that shall never fail you."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 132)

  "" At this word Joseph answered and said to him: "By my faith, King"

• attribution: The title King is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "" And Joseph answered: "King!"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "" And Joseph answered: "King! This shall be such counsel as shall be to the honor of the body and to the profit of your soul;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "I did not promise you that I would give you victory or everlasting joy;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "but this much I tell you well, that if you were willing to believe me, you would have victory and joy without end, through the gift and the grace of Him who is powerful above all things."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "" And Ewalach answered: "I will listen most willingly to what your counsel might be."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "But if you do not give counsel worth believing, the harm shall fall back upon your own body."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "This shall be such counsel as shall be to the honor of the body and to the profit of your soul;"

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "for you shall be honored all your living days, and your soul shall be saved after your death."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  ""

"By my faith," said the king, "this counsel is not to be refused;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "now you may set forth what it shall be;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "for if it is such as you tell me, I shall have no man in my household whom I would hear before you, but rather you shall be heard in all things that you wish to counsel me."

• attestation: A maritime or sea voyage element is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "you must first of all destroy and smash the images that you worship, for you say that these are your gods;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "and you ask them for counsel and aid, yet they have no power to help you nor to harm anyone else;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (sentence 14) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "and know this well for truth, that your ancestors were all deceived and beguiled by them."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "For all those who believed that these images could help them are lost forever, provided they were taken in that belief on the day of their death."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 133)

  "Nor should any man place his faith in the idea that a piece of wood or stone, wrought by the hand of man, could protect them from death or from harm;"

• attestation: A temporal reference or duration is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140)

  "And when he had been on earth after his resurrection, he ascended on the fifteenth day into heaven in the sight of his disciples."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140)

  "And when the eleventh day came after he had ascended, he sent them the Holy Spirit from the right hand of his Father, beside whom he sits, and shall sit forevermore."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140)

  "" "Truly," said Joseph, "I do say and testify for truth that he had both the one and the other."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140)

  "" "And since he had," said Ewalach, "both father and mother, then was he not born without the union of man and woman, for from a woman no child can be born unless he is begotten within her, through the com-"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140)

  "for they had placed upon it a very great stone: and it was found in the very same manner as it had been placed."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140)

  "And when he was risen, he appeared many times to his friends, who were very sorrowful and dismayed at his death."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140)

  "And moreover, he performed before them many miracles, by which they knew for certain that he was the true God."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 140)

  "be so powerful, whom you call lord of all things, had a father?" "Truly," said Joseph, "I do say and testify for truth that he had both the one and th"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141)

  "And the gentle Lord thought that it was not right that the wicked should be equal to the good, nor that the righteous should pay for the folly of the wicked."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141)

  "So he said that he would redeem mankind from the sorrows of hell;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141)

  "so he took his son and sent him to earth to fulfill all things that pertained to the nature of man, except for sinning alone."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141)

  "And when he had clothed himself in carnal flesh and in mortality, he did not on that account cease to"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141)

  "" "King!" said Joseph, "this I shall show you plainly and make you understand how he was conceived without carnal union and how he was born of the mai"

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141)

  "And if a child were otherwise conceived, without carnal union, that would be against nature and against custom."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141)

  "" said Joseph, "this I shall show you plainly and make you understand how he was conceived without carnal union and how he was born of the maiden without the maidenhood being harmed or diminished."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141)

  "" "This proof," said the king, "I shall listen to willingly."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141)

  ""

"It came to pass," said Joseph d'Arimachie, "that the savior of the world saw the evils that were multiplying on earth."

• attribution: Joseph is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141)

  "And he saw that the wicked and the good were all equally condemned."

• attribution: Joseph is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 141)

  "For he who had always done good went to hell just as he who had done all evil did."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8)

  "We endure this penance for the love of the glorious Son of God, who suffered so great and so anguishing a penance for us, that He had His body pierced and His limbs so vilely, and with such great shame, as one who was torn apart and abused and crucified in the midst of two thieves, and all this He suffered for us, of His own will and of His own"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8)

  "and Joseph called them from outside where they were gathered and waiting."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8)

  "without gold and without silver, as poorly as you can see;"

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8)

  "but nevertheless, though they go so poorly, they shall never die of hunger;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8)

  "rather they are so filled with the riches of the glorious Lord in whom they believe, that their hearts desire no earthly food that they do not have at their will."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8)

  "" Then the king said that he wished to see them;"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8)

  "He brought them before the king, and when the king saw them all barefoot and so poorly clothed, he had very great pity for them, according to his belief."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8)

  "He called to them and asked them why they endured so great a penance of going barefoot and of being so poorly and so wretchedly clothed."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 8)

  "Then the son of Joseph, who was called Joséphe, answered him and said:

"King!"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154)

  "and it is only right that it be repaid to Him twofold."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154)

  "When the king heard that one speak so well, he asked Joseph who he was and what his name was."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154)

  "And what service could we give Him?"

• attestation: A death event (crucif) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154)

  "If we suffered crucifixion as He Himself did, we would still not have repaid Him enough;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154)

  "for He began the goodness."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154)

  "And he who begins the goodness from the highest to the lowest — that is, from God to man — it is only right that he be repaid."

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154)

  "Truly, most blessed would be he who could die a hundred times, and a hundred times would die on the condition that his death be at the pleasure and the will of the glorious Lord, and that He would consider His goodness well repaid;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 154)

  "And Joseph said to him: "Sire, he is my son, and he is"

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "rather he lay all astonished on the ground, as though dead."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "rather he waited eagerly for day to come, for he would most willingly speak to Joseph about the vision that had appeared to him."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "there appeared no sign that anyone had entered or gone out."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "And when the king saw this thing, he was far more astonished by this marvel than he had been by all the others."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "For he believed that neither God nor anyone else could enter through so strong a door or through so strong a wall without it showing in some way."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "Then the king began to think very deeply, and his chamberlain, who was with him, was so astonished and so fearful that he dared not speak a word from his mouth;"

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "And the king came to him and raised him up by the right hand, and asked him whether he had seen all these marvels and what he thought of them."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "And the man looked at the king as best he could, and when he had the power to speak, he said to him:

"Ah!"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "sire, mercy, do not ask me to speak of anything, but lead me to such a place where I shall see no more marvels like those I have seen, for I could not go on living in any way if I were to see them."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "" Then the king took him and led him to a chamber to lie down."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "And all the while he went thinking about the marvel he had seen of the child who had thus entered and left the chamber through the wall."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "Just as the child entered the chamber before your eyes, and came out again without opening or breaking the door, just so did the Savior of the world enter into the womb of the virgin Marie, without harming or diminishing her virginity, and just so did he come forth."

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  ""

When the chamberlain heard the voice speak, he was seized with such great fear that he could not hold himself up."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "Rather he fell in a faint to the ground, and truly believed that the whole palace was falling upon him, so great was the crash the voice made when it spoke."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "And the king himself was so greatly afraid that one could not describe the manner of it."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "Nor was there in all the palace any man, knight, or servant who did not marvel at such noise and such a crash throughout the palace."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "And when they had asked the king, whom they found awake, what this thing could be, the king answered that it had been a clap of thunder;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "and this he said because he did not want any of them to know of his vision, except the one to whom it had been shown."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "Then the king went back to lie down, and all the others went back to bed, but the king did not sleep a wink;"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "Now we shall leave off speaking of the king, and tell of Joseph, who lay in his bed very pensive and very anxious about King Evalach, wondering how he might turn him to belief in Jhésu-Crist;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 161)

  "for he thought that if he were not now brought to the point of believing, he never would be, for he had at this time very great need of the help of Jhésu-Crist and of the counsel of wise men, because the best of his barons — he expected at any moment that he would have"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 163 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 163)

  "lost the best part of his land, or all of it, since the best of his barons had failed him in his great need."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 163 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 163)

  "And when he had lain a long while in this manner without having slept or rested, he leapt up from his bed."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 163 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 163)

  "And he cast himself to the ground on bare knees, and began most piteously to sigh from his heart and to weep from his eyes, and began amid his tears and his sighs a prayer, just as you shall hear."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 163 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 163)

  ""Fair Lord God, almighty Father, fountain of comfort, abundance of mercy, who said to the people of Israël, through the mouth of Moyse your holy minister, these words: 'Israël, if you will do what I ask of you, you shall not set up a new God, nor worship a strange God, for I am your God whom you must worship, who delivered you from the lordship of Pharaon, who held you in bondage.'

"Fair Lord God, just as it is true that there is no other God but you, and that one must worship no other,"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 163 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 163)

  "About this matter Joseph was in very deep thought, so much so that he could not sleep at all, and did nothing but think."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 169 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 169)

  "and they said that this palace was spiritual."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 169 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 169)

  "When the earth had trembled beneath the Christians who were in the palace at prayer, thus"

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 169 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 169)

  "This name became customary to say, so that it never fell away, and as long as the palace shall stand it shall be called spiritual."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 169 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 169)

  "But before Joseph was lodged there, those of the city had never yet heard or known why it was called thus, and then they learned how and for what reas"

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 169 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 169)

  "palace, which was called the spiritual palace."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 169 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 169)

  "And this name had been given to it by Danoiaus the prophet, when he was returning from the battle of Nabugordenosor the king, who had taken him among the other Jews when he led them to Babiloine."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 169 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 169)

  "On that return, Daniaus passed through that city, and when he came to the palace, he saw written on the gate letters of charcoal in Hebrew;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173)

  "For I have tested you and found you more pure and more cleansed of all natural sins than any mortal flesh could imagine, and because I know you and know that you are better than you yourself believe, for I know you empty and cleansed of envy and free of pride and clean of all wickedness and without any part of all lust and full of all chastity, for this reason I wish that you receive, from my hand, the greatest honor that any mortal man could have, nor shall any of all the others receive from my hand the greatest honor that any man could have, nor any of all the others save you alone;"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173)

  "" Then Josephe came forward, trembling greatly and very fearful, and began to tremble and to weep most bitterly and to give thanks to his Creator, who called him to receive so great an honor, of which no mortal man could be worthy through any merit he had ever done, in his own judgment, unless God alone, by His grace, granted it to him."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173)

  "This is how our Lord ordained Josephe as bishop (in rubric)."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173)

  "there will be this difference: that I was seen on earth;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173)

  "but now you shall not see me in such a likeness."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173)

  ""Now come forward, Josephe, my servant;"

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173)

  "for you are worthy to be a minister, and to have in your keeping so high a thing as the flesh and blood of your Savior."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 173)

  "rather they shall have it from you, those who henceforth shall have it."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 174 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 174)

  "and each of them had six wings that seemed as if they were of burning fire."

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 174 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 174)

  "and the fourth angel held right before the face of the red man a sponge held upright that was likewise stained with blood from one end to the other,"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 174 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 174)

  "Then Josephe opened the Ark with very great dread and very great fear;"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 174 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 174)

  "up to the Ark, our Lord said: "Open the Ark and do not be dismayed by what you shall see."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 174 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 174)

  "and when he had opened it, he saw a man clothed in a robe more red and more terrible a hundredfold than burning lightning, and his feet were just the same, and his hands and his face."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 174 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 174)

  "And around that man were five angels all clothed in such robes and of such appearance;"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 174 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 174)

  "And each of them held in his right hand three bloody nails, so that it seemed the blood still dripped from them all fresh, and the third angel held in his right hand a lance whose point and shaft were all bloody, likewise down to where the angel gripped it;"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78)

  "Instead he turned toward the ground and began to think most deeply."

• attestation: A death event (crucif) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78)

  "and he saw that man crucified on the cross that the angel held, and the nails that he had seen the other hold, he saw in the feet of"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78)

  "And it seemed to Josephe that the Ark was a good four times wider than it appeared to be."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78)

  "and the fifth angel held in his hand a kind of scourges all bloody, which seemed to be made of twisted rods bound together."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78)

  "And each of these angels held in his hand (a kind of scourges and) a scroll on which there were letters written that said:

"These are the weapons by which the judge who is here vanquished and destroyed death."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78)

  "" And that man around whom the angels stood had written in the middle of his forehead white Hebrew letters that said: "In this likeness I shall come to judge all things on the terrible and fearful day."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78)

  "" Thus said the letters."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78)

  "And it seemed that from his feet and hands there ran a bloody dew all the way down to the ground, and it seemed that the ground was all red."

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78)

  "For the man that he saw was inside it, and the five angels."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78)

  "He was so astounded by the marvel that he saw that he did not know what to say."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 78)

  "While he was thinking, all bowed down, the voice called him and he looked up;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (sentence 13) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "but the lid he could not easily see clearly, nor what was beneath it."

• attestation: The Holy Grail vessel is referenced in connection with Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "And he looked back, and saw that two angels were holding him, each with one hand, and with the other hand each held a vessel."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "And Joseph his father, when he saw him looking back, marveled greatly at how long he had been at the Ark without doing or saying anything more, and what thing he could have been gazing at so long."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "And then Joseph rose from where he was in prayer and went toward his son."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "And when Josephe saw him near, he stretched out his hand toward him and began to cry out."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "dear father Joseph, do not touch me, lest you take from me the great glory in which I dwell."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "For I am so illuminated by spiritual visions that I am no longer on earth."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "" When Joseph heard these words, he was so anguished and so seized with desire to see that marvel that he paid no heed to the warning, but let himself fall to his knees before the Ark, and he looked."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "And he saw inside the Ark a small altar covered with white cloths, and over all the white cloths there was a very rich red cloth, most beautiful, like samite."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "Beneath that red cloth, Joseph looked and saw that there were three nails all dripping with blood, and a lance of iron all bloody at one end of the altar;"

• attestation: The Holy Grail vessel is referenced in connection with Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "and at the other end was the bowl that had been brought there, and in the middle of the altar there was a very rich vessel of gold, in the likeness of a goblet, and a lid upon it that was of gold as well;"

• attestation: The Holy Grail vessel is referenced in connection with Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "For it was covered on top with a white cloth so that one could not see it, except

178 THE HOLY GRAIL."

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "And beyond the altar he saw a very beautiful hand holding a cross all red."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (sentence 16) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "But the one to whom the hand belonged he did not see."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "And he saw before the altar two hands holding two candles, but he did not see the body to which the hands belonged."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (sentence 18) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "While he was gazing thus within, he listened, and heard the door of a chamber slam very loudly."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "And he turned his eyes toward the chamber, and saw two angels emerge from it, one of whom held a ewer all full of water, and the other held a sprinkler in his right hand."

• attestation: The Holy Grail vessel is referenced in connection with Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "And after these two came two others who carried in their hands two great vessels of gold like two basins."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (sentence 21) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "And at their necks they had two towels that were of such great quality as no mortal man had ever handled."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (sentence 22) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "And when the two had come forth from the chamber, three others came out after them bearing three golden censers set with rich precious stones, so that it truly seemed they were all ablaze with burning fire."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (sentence 23) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "In the other hand, each of them held a box full of incense and myrrh and many other precious spices, which gave off such a sweet fragrance within that it seemed the whole house was completely filled with the sweetest scent that any man had ever smelled."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (sentence 24) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "After that, he saw another come forth who had letters written on"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "And in the other a censer and a box."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "And Joseph his father, when he saw him looking back, marveled greatly at how long he had been at the Ark without doing or saying anything more, and wh"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 177)

  "For he was held so firmly from behind by both arms that he had no power to go forward."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179)

  "And when those three had come forth, before them came three others who carried three burning candles, and the three candles were of all the colors that mortal tongue could name."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179)

  "his forehead, and they said: "I am called the power of the most high Lord."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179)

  "Then Joseph looked, and saw Jhésu-Crist come forth in the same likeness as He had appeared to him in the prison where he was held captive, when He had risen from the sepulcher in body and in spirit on the day of the resurrection."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179)

  "In this likeness Joseph saw Him come forth, except only that He now wore all the vestments that a priest must wear when he wishes to perform the sacrament of our Lord."

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179)

  "And the first angel who carried the sprinkler dipped it in the water and"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179)

  "" This one carried upon his hands a cloth as green as emerald."

• attestation: The Holy Grail vessel is referenced in connection with Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179)

  "And beneath that cloth was placed the holy bowl."

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179)

  "And beside that angel, on the right, there was one so richly and beautifully adorned as had never been seen by the eyes of any earthly man, save that very one."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179)

  "Then Joseph looked, and saw Jhésu-Crist come forth in the same likeness as He had appeared to him in the prison where he was held captive, when He had"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 179)

  "And on the left there was one who carried a sword whose pommel was of gold and silver, and the whole blade was as red as a ray of blazing fire."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180)

  "Then Joseph took his son by the hand and said to him: "Dear son, do you know or perceive who this man is, who leads such a fair company in his retinue, and goes so honorably?"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180)

  "" And our Lord said to him: "Do you know what this water signifies that you have seen sprinkled throughout this place?"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180)

  "" And Josephe said to him: "Dear father, I know in truth that this is He of whom David spoke in the Psalter, in a verse, that God has commanded His angels to guard Him in all the places where He shall go, nor could any man be so served and so honored by angels as He alone was."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180)

  "Then the whole company passed before them;"

• attribution: Joseph is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180)

  "The cleansing of the places where the evil spirit has dwelt;"

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180)

  "they went all around the inside of the palace, and everywhere they went the angels sprinkled the water with the sprinkler."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180)

  "And when they came before the Ark there was none among them who did not bow to Jhésu-Crist, first one and then the other after."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180)

  "And when they had gone all around the inside of the house before the Ark, then our Lord called Josephe."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180)

  "And Josephe answered him: "Lord, here is your servant all prepared to do your will."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180)

  "ere within, but none of them all saw the one who sprinkled the water, save only Joseph and Josephe his son."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180)

  "went sprinkling it over the Christians who were within, but none of them all saw the one who sprinkled the water, save only Joseph and Josephe his son."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 180)

  "These two saw him quite plainly."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181 (sentence 12) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181)

  "and all my people shall see it openly."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181)

  "" And Josephe said to him: "Lord, in what manner can water purify?" "And yet it is all cleansed and purified since the Holy Spirit descended there, wh"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181)

  "first be cleansed and purified before my service is performed there."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181)

  "" And Josephe said to him: "Lord, in what manner can water purify?"

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181)

  "" "And yet it is all cleansed and purified since the Holy Spirit descended there, which I sent you."

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181)

  "But I have sprinkled it with this water because I wish you to do likewise in all the places where my name must be called upon and my service performed."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181)

  "" And Josephe said to him: "Lord, in what manner can water purify if it is not first purified itself?"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181)

  "" "The very same blessing," said our Lord, "you shall make over the water of purification or over the water of baptism;"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181)

  "for you shall make upon it the sign of the great ransom, that is the sign of the true cross, and you shall say that it be in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181)

  "And whoever has faith in the power of this blessing, no evil spirit shall ever dwell in a place where this water is sprinkled."

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181)

  "For all the devil's fear is in hearing the invocation of the Holy Trinity and in seeing the sign of the cross."

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181)

  "For by this his power was destroyed, and for this reason I teach it to you and tell you to do likewise."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181)

  ""

"Henceforth," said our Lord to Josephe, "I wish you to receive the honor that I have promised you, that is the sacrament of my flesh and of my blood;"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 181)

  "For I wish them to be your witnesses before kings and before"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182)

  "When these two had come forth, they vested"

• attribution: The title bishop is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182)

  "that is, sovereign bishop to guard my new law, that is, of Christendom."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182)

  "" Then our Lord took Josephe by the right hand and drew him close to him, so that all the people of the Christians who were within saw clearly the lik"

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182)

  "accounts that they have seen the holy anointing, and that I have placed upon you the service to establish you as sovereign pastor, after me, to guard my new flock;"

• attestation: A social role or service relationship is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182)

  "And just as Moyses, my new servant, minister, and guide of the children of Israël, by the power that I had given him, so too shall you be guardian of this people;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182)

  "for they shall learn from your mouth how they must serve me, and how they shall uphold the new law and keep my faith."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182)

  "Then behold, a man came before the Ark, all white-haired;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182)

  "and he carried upon his shoulders the richest vestments that any earthly man had ever worn, and after him came another who was marvelously handsome and of very fine age;"

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 182)

  "and he carried in one fist a cross and in the other hand an entirely white mitre, and the cross was entirely white as well, and the shaft entirely red."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 483 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 483)

  "Rather, it was kept ever after as a holy relic, once Josephe had departed from it, and never again did any man sit in it who was not raised from it dead, or who did not suffer bodily injury before he was lifted from it."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 483 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 483)

  "Josephe in all the vestments: the silks first, and then the other things that are required for a bishop."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 483 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 483)

  "And when he was vested, they seated him in a chair that was there, all prepared by the will of our Lord, who wished to exalt him in all things."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 483 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 483)

  "THIS chair was of such great majesty that no man who saw it could say with certainty what it might be made of."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 483 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 483)

  "And all those who made prayers — of whom many later came to see it — said that in all the world there was no manner of precious stone that was not in the chair;"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 483 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 483)

  "and those who see it still say so, for it was never cast out of the city."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 483 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 483)

  "And later, such beautiful miracles came of it when the city was taken by a king of the Sarrasins who was warring upon the land."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184)

  "And when Josephes was seated in the chair, all the angels came before him."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184)

  "he would sit in it every day that he wore his crown."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184)

  "And when he thought to carry it away, he could not, for he could never move it, neither he nor any man could ever shift it from the place where it stood;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184)

  "and he said that, in any case, he would sit in it since he could not carry it away."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184)

  "And the moment he sat in it, our Lord took such great vengeance that both his eyes flew from his head."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184)

  "Thus our Lord showed that this was not a chair nor a seat for any mortal man, except for the one for whom he had prepared it."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184)

  "And many other wonders did he show there, of which the tale does not speak here, but later when the place and time shall come, further on."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184)

  "And our Lord anointed and consecrated him in the manner in which a bishop must be consecrated and anointed, so that all the people saw it clearly."

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184)

  "And that anointing with which he was anointed was taken from the lamp that the angel carried, who seized him and drew him by the shoulders when he wished to enter the ark, as you have heard before."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 184)

  "And with that same anointing were anointed all the kings from the time that Christendom came to Engletere until the time of Pandragon, who was father of King Artu, about whom those who tell the tales of adventures do not"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185)

  "For it is well known that he was named Uter in baptism, but the history of this book will tell further on, quite clearly, why he was so called, and how that anointing was lost when he was to be first crowned."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185)

  "And he placed on his finger a ring that no mortal man could counterfeit, nor could one describe the power of its stone."

• attribution: The title bishop is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185)

  "And when he had thus arrayed him in all things, as you have heard, he called him and said to him: "Josephe, I have consecrated and anointed you as bishop, as nobly as you have seen, and my other people who are here."

• attribution: Joseph is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185)

  "Now I shall tell you what these vestments signify that you have put on, for no one should wear them unless he does what the meaning requires: these sandals that you have put on your feet signify that you must take no step in vain, but rather must keep your feet so that they go into no filth of wickedness, but into prayers and preaching and giving counsel to the counselless."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185)

  "In such manner must you labor with your feet."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185)

  "For I wish you to have part in the scripture that says: blessed is the man who will not consent to the counsel of felons, and who will not"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185)

  "WHEN Josephes was anointed and consecrated, as you have heard, our Lord placed the crosier in his hand and the mitre on his head."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 185)

  "know very well why he was called Pandragons as a surname."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192)

  "And they all saw that it grew and expanded so much that they were all amply contained within."

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192)

  "And they saw the angels coming and going before the door."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192)

  "" And likewise he said to them of the wine: "Take and drink, all of you."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192)

  "Inside, Josephe performed the first sacrament that was ever performed for that people, but he completed it very quickly, for he spoke only those words that Jhésu-Cris spoke to his disciples at the Last Supper: "Come, eat, and this is my body which for you and for many other people shall be delivered to martyrdom and torment."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192)

  "And I give to Josephe the governance of the bodies, for I wish him to be the provider and steward of those things that the bodies will need."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192)

  "For this is the blood of my new law, my very"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192)

  "hearts will be opened."

• attestation: A social role or service relationship is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192)

  "And if I find you a loyal servant of this small new people, whose souls I entrust to you, I will give you a hundredfold better governance, just as the Gospel promises for the love of me."

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192)

  "And for this I entrust the souls to you and make you their pastor, for I wish you to be their spiritual guardian."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192)

  "Now come forward and perform the sacrament of my flesh and my blood, so that all my people may see it openly."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 192)

  "Then our Lord led Josephe to the ark, so that all the people saw him enter within."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193)

  "And then Josephe saw quite openly that he held between his two hands a body like that of a child."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193)

  "" These words Josephe spoke over the bread that he found prepared beneath the paten of the chalice: and immediately the bread became flesh, and the wi"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193)

  "own, which for you shall be shed in remission of sins."

• attestation: An emotional response involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193)

  "And when he saw it thus, he was very greatly astonished, so that he did not know, under heaven, what he could do, but rather stood quite still, and began most anguishedly to sigh and to weep from the great fear that he had."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193)

  "Then our Lord said to him: "You must dismember what you hold, so that there are three pieces."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193)

  "" Josephe answered him and said: "Ah!"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193)

  "Lord, have mercy on your servant, for my heart could not bear that I should break apart so beautiful a figure."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193)

  "" And our Lord said to him: "If you do not carry out my commandments, you shall have no part in my inheritance."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193)

  "" Then Josephe took the body;"

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 193)

  "he set the head to one side and separated it from the trunk as easily as if the flesh of the child were fully cooked in the manner that one cooks flesh when one leaves it too long over"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196 (sentence 12) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196)

  ""

Then Josephe went to remove his vestments;"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196)

  "For the knights are near who come to seek Joseph to inform him of a great marvel that I showed him last night in a vision."

• attribution: The title bishop is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196)

  "thus you shall serve me each day from now on, both you and all those whom you shall establish in the order of priest and bishop;"

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196)

  "and if you ordain a priest, you shall place your hand upon his head and make the sign of the cross in the name of the Trinity;"

• attribution: The title bishop is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196)

  "but to consecrate a bishop, one must do all that I have done upon you."

• attribution: The title bishop is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196)

  "For a bishop must be above a priest."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196)

  "And all those who shall be established in this honor shall have as great a power to bind and to loose as my apostles had on earth."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196)

  "Henceforth you shall establish a bishop in each city where my name shall be received through your word, and he shall be anointed with this holy anointing, and all the kings who through you shall come to my faith."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196)

  "Now remove your vestments, and you shall go to him, you and Joseph together, and you shall make him certain of all the things that he will ask of you, and be not dismayed if you see all the learned clerks of their religion coming against you, for you shall vanquish them all, so that they will never be able to withstand your words;"

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196)

  "and I shall give you such fair grace that you shall tell him a part of what is to come, by the power of my spirit."

• attribution: Joseph is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 196)

  "And all those who have received my spirit, or who shall receive it, shall have the power to cast out evil spirits in all the places where they go."

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198)

  "For where one says the Holy Spirit is a perfect and complete God, and the three have but a single deity, by this we show that one is worth as much as the three."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198)

  "When the king had said this, Joseph stood up and spoke those same words that he had said the other time, and in that same manner he proved it to him."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198)

  "And when he had said this, a clerk stood up who was held to be the wisest and the most learned in their religion."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198)

  "He spoke against Joseph and said that he was saying nothing of substance."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198)

  "For if the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit had but a single deity, then none of the three of them was a complete or perfect God, and therefore the person of the Son and of the Holy Spirit would amount to nothing;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198)

  "and if they both had the full deity, then there would be three deities, and no one could reasonably deny this."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198)

  "For no man who denied this could reasonably prove or establish as true that any one of the three persons had full deity in himself, where neither of the others was mentioned."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 198)

  "Therefore it is true that the two are nothing in a place where the third is"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199)

  "And he says to you: because you have brought your false advocates against my faith, for this I have resolved to take such great vengeance upon your body that you shall fall, before the third day has passed, into so great a misfortune that you will not believe any living thing can save you from losing all earthly greatness first, and your body after;"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199)

  "When he had spoken so harshly against the deity and against the Trinity, Joseph was greatly dismayed at having to defend and prove against what that m"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199)

  "and because the two persons thus lose their power through the third, all the world can see and know clearly that none of the three has perfect, full deity."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199)

  "And he did not know how to answer at once to refute what that man had said."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199)

  "For it did not please our Lord."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199)

  "This is what the God of Israel, the creator of all things, sends to tell you."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199)

  "and God shall take this justice upon you because you would not receive the faith of his glorious name, but rather you have scorned and set aside the revelation that he made to you last night of his secrets and his miracles that he disclosed to you in a vision;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199)

  "for this the God of the Christians sends word to you through the mouth of your servant who speaks to you, that he shall give to"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199 (segment 1) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 199)

  "mentioned; and because the two persons thus lose their power through the third, all the world can see and know clearly that none of the three has perfect, full deity. When he had spoken so harshly against the deity and"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 201 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 201)

  "you have greatly slandered my faith and dishonored my name, and because I see that you have spoken against him who has power over you and over all things, for this I shall make you feel one of my punishments and my earthly justice, so that you shall suffer it."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 201 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 201)

  "And the others shall take warning from your example."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 201 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 201)

  "For I shall cause, in the sight of"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 201 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 201)

  "Then Josephes turned toward the one who had spoken so harshly against the Trinity and said to him: "Listen, you who have stood and spoken against the"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 201 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 201)

  "Then Josephes turned toward the one who had spoken so harshly against the Trinity and said to him: "Listen, you who have stood and spoken against the Trinity and the holy faith of the God of the Christians: now hear what he sends to tell you through his servant who speaks to you: you, he says, who are my creature and who in all places should obey my commandments;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202)

  "And when the others saw this marvel, they were greatly angered."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202)

  "and it shall make the mute speak well and the blind see clearly."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202)

  "and it seemed to all those who heard him that it was a bull."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202)

  "And when he tried to speak, he felt inside his mouth a hand that held his tongue, but he could not see it, and he stood upright to try harder to speak, but as soon as he had risen, he could not see a thing from his eyes, and when he felt this, he began to bellow so loudly that one could hear him as clearly from as far away as one could shoot an arrow;"

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202)

  "And they all rushed upon Josephes with all their might, but King Evalach leaped to his feet and seized a bare sword, and swore by the power of justice that he would have all those destroyed and put to death who would lay a hand on him."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202)

  "As soon as Josephes had said this, that man lost his speech."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202)

  "all those who are here, earthly speech and sight to fail."

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 202)

  "For my spirit is of such force that it shall make those who speak well fall silent, and those who see clearly, go blind;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203)

  "And Josephe answered him that he had not taken away his speech, but rather the God of the Christians, against whom he had spoken—he it was who had taken away his speech and his sight."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203)

  "And the king called Josephe and asked him who he was;"

• attestation: A death event (murder) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203)

  "For then they would have betrayed him if they had murdered him under his safe conduct, and so he protected him thus against them."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203)

  "Thus the tumult arose throughout the hall."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203)

  "and Josephe came forward and told him that he was the son of Joseph, and the king said that he spoke very well and that he was a truthful speaker about many things;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203)

  "then he asked him how he had taken away the speech and the sight of the one who had spoken against him."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203)

  "For this is the God whose word shall never be proven false by anyone."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203)

  "Thus it was fitting for all things to be."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203)

  "" "Certainly," said Josephe, "it is true, nor is there any living man by whom it could be made false."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203)

  "" And the king asked him how he could know this."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203)

  ""Have you not heard," said Josephe, "how the spirit of the God of the Christians is of such great force that it makes the mute speak and the blind see clearly?"

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 203)

  "That is to say that those who have known nothing of learning shall know the full power of the scriptures through the grace of the Holy Spirit."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204 (sentence 14) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204)

  "and when the priests of the law had made their offering at the altar of Apolin, whom they called the"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204)

  "he went there himself, along with Josephes and his father;"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204)

  "" "King," said Josephe, "when you see that it has happened to you, then believe me."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204)

  ""By my faith," said the king, "if it happens as you have told here, I would rather be dead than alive, but there is nothing in this that I could believe;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204)

  "nevertheless, if I see one of your words come true, I will believe you more readily."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204)

  "" "And will I be able to escape?"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204)

  ""Certainly," said Josephe, "yes, by one single thing."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204)

  "" "And what will that be?"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204)

  ""I will tell you," said Josephe, "if you accept the faith of Jhésu-Crist, and if you believe in him perfectly from the very moment that you receive it, you will have aid and deliverance;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204)

  "but know truly that never, for anything the mouth may say, if the heart is not in it, will you be delivered, for God is not a man whom one can trick or deceive by appearances;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204)

  "rather, he is of such profound wisdom that he knows all the thoughts of people and sees through their hearts all the repentances that are within them."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204)

  "" And then the king asked him what his name was, and he said that he was called Josephes, and the king said to him again: "Now tell me, Josephe, about the one who has lost speech and sight—will he ever recover them?"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204)

  "" "King," said Joseph, "now have him carried before the gods that you believe in, and you shall hear what they will answer you regarding both the healing and the battle."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 204)

  "" Then the king had him carried to the temple;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205)

  "but no matter how much they asked of that image, they could never draw a word from it."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205)

  "And he said to Josephe: "Bishop of Jhésu-Grist, cease what you are saying, for you make me burn, and I will flee from here to wherever you command."

• attestation: A healing or recovery of Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205)

  "god of wisdom, they asked of Tymagène, which stood upon the altar, how this man might be healed of his infirmity, or whether he would ever be healed;"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205)

  "And the king came forward and asked what end would come to him from this war;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205)

  "but he could get no answer or response from it, any more than the others had."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205)

  "And the devil who was in Tymagène Martirs, whom they called the god of battle, began to cry out: "Foolish people, what are you seeking?"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205)

  "There is in your company a Christian who has so bound Apolin by the command of Jhésu-Grist his God, that he has no power to answer you, nor will any god, wherever he may be, dare to give a response or be able to, once he has conjured him."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205)

  "" And as soon as the devil had said this, he began to cry out so terribly that it seemed to all those present that he was in a burning fire."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 205)

  "" Thus cried the devil who was in Tymagène Martirs, because of the conjuration that Josephe had made upon him, for he constrained him so forcefully and so overpowered him that he came out of the image, in the sight of all those who were in the"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "At these words, a messenger came rushing in at great speed, knelt before the king, and said to him:"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "And the king begged Josephe to give it leave to speak, and Josephe granted it."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "temple, and could not speak before him unless he gave it leave."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "And the devil said to the king: "King!"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "Do you wish to know why he has such great power?"

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "He has two angels with him who guide and guard him in all the places where he goes;"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "one holds a bare sword, and the other a cross."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "These two have held me in such constraint, by his command, that they have made me shatter these images just as you see;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "nor shall any of them ever have the power to give a response wherever he may be—such power has God Gésu-Cris, his God, given him."

• attestation: A healing or recovery of Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "" Then the king asked him whether the one who had lost his eyes and his speech would ever recover his health."

• attestation: A healing or recovery of Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "And the devil said to him: "King, if he is healed, it will not be by our power, for we can have none over that;"

• attestation: A healing or recovery of Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "rather, the one by whose command he received the affliction must heal him, or else he will never be healed."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "" Then the king asked him again what end would come if he fought against the Égyptiens, and the devil told him that he had no power to say so long as the man of God was there."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "And Josephe stepped forward and said to him: "I conjure you by the power of the holy Trinity to tell the truth about this."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 207)

  "" And the devil answered that he could tell him nothing about what was to come."

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208)

  "but he was of such great prowess that he dared not show any sign of fear;"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208)

  "Immediately the king summoned all his forces and commanded all those who held anything from him, that as dearly as they valued his honor and their own persons, they should be on the sixth day"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208)

  "When the king heard these words, he was greatly frightened, and more so because Josephe had told him that he would be three days and three nights in t"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208)

  "for Tholomiers the fugitive has entered your land with all his forces, and has already taken by force Onage, your rich city, and all the surrounding land up to the castle of Elavahin, which he has besieged with thirty thousand horsemen and seventy thousand men on foot;"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208)

  "and if he can take that, there will remain in all your land no castle or city that can hold against him, for it is the strongest defense you have."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208)

  "" When the king heard these words, he was greatly frightened, and more so because Josephe had told him that he would be three days and three nights in the power of his enemy and would be brought to the very fear of death;"

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 208)

  "rather, he swore that if he could find him at the siege, he would rather die in battle than let him depart from it shamefully."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209)

  "This is what the God of the Christians commands you: that you remember who you are and how you came to such great heights as you have enjoyed until this day."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209)

  "And when the next day came, the king wished to set out, and Josephe came to him and said: "King, you are going forth and you do not know how, for you"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209)

  "And he commanded, by his seal, that none should remain behind who was capable of defending himself, and whoever stayed behind, if he were a knight, would never hold land from him again, and if he were a commoner, he would have him, before all his barons, dragged at the tails of horses."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209)

  "And when the next day came, the king wished to set out, and Josephe came to him and said: "King, you are going forth and you do not know how, for you are no more certain of ever returning than you are of dying there."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209)

  "You think that no one knows who you are, nor of what lineage;"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209)

  "but I know it very well, through the grace and power of the great Lord from whom no secret thing can be hidden."

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209)

  "You were born, as the Holy Spirit has shown me, in a very ancient city of France that is called Miax, and"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 209)

  ""Now I will tell you what you shall do."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "" "Certainly," said Josephe, "you shall not know until you have destroyed the images that you worship, and when you have come to the faith of the most"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "cannot live, and you must not consider the kingdoms you hold as yours forever;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "rather, you will relinquish them sooner than you think."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "But he should be called king who will hold his kingdom forever without end, for it shall never come to an end at any time;"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "rather, he shall be king always and everlastingly."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "That is Jhésu-Gris, the son of the virgin Marie."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "He sends word to you through me, because he sees you and wishes you to know that he knows all the thoughts and all the repentances of hearts, that he will deliver you into the hands of your mortal enemy, and you will recognize him, and you will know that there is no God whom one should believe in or worship but him alone."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "And he will torment you in this manner because you have refused his law and his faith, and scorned the vision that he showed you."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "" And when the king had listened to him most graciously, he said to him:

"Master, now tell me what this vision was, and what it signifies."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "" "Certainly," said Josephe, "you shall not know until you have destroyed the images that you worship, and when you have come to the faith of the most high Lord by whose command all living things are established."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "" "By my faith," said the king, "I greatly fear this battle, and you and your father both promise me that you will give me such counsel, if I am willing to believe it, by which I would have the victory"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214)

  ""By my faith," said Josephes, "I would give you that counsel if you were willing and if you believed me and put into practice what I would tell you."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214)

  "from my enemies, and the great glory that shall never end."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214)

  "But if you do not wish to receive it as a true believer and a faithful worker, take care that you do not promise it at all."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214)

  "For you would be destroyed in both body and soul by the one who shall be the judge of all women and all men."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214)

  "" "By my faith," said the king, "I do indeed believe you, that if you give me counsel such that I see that I have the victory, I shall no longer hold to the belief that I now hold, but shall receive yours at once."

• attribution: The title King is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214)

  ""

"King," said Josephes, "now hear then what you shall do: have my shield brought to me."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214)

  "" And he had it brought to him."

• attestation: A healing or recovery of Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 214)

  "And when it was brought, Josephes asked for a piece of very rich vermilion cloth of silk, and Josephes took the cloth and cut from it and made a cross that was a good foot in length and half a foot in width, and he drew it over the enarmes onto the shield and fastened it very securely with small nails."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216)

  "" Then the king said to Josephes: "Pray to your God that He remember me."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216)

  "that you will never think to escape, and if you uncover it at that moment, you shall escape from it."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216)

  "Then you will be able to know well that it will be through the sign, and know truly that if you have good faith, you shall desire nothing that you do not conquer through the sign [and know truly that if you have good faith you shall desire nothing that you do not conquer through the sign], for this is the salvation of believers and the destruction of the devil (and of all unbelievers)."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216)

  "For if He does for me what you have promised, I faithfully pledge to you that I shall receive your faith from your hand as soon as I have returned."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216)

  "" Then he called one of his servants, the one he trusted most of all his officers, and commanded him that the Christians be treated with honor, and that they should have whatever Joseph ordered."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216)

  "Then the king departed, he and a great company of knights and men-at-arms."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216)

  "There the king waited for his armies until the fifteenth day."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 216)

  "He had so great a multitude of people that he had never before seen so many assembled together, yet none of his high barons came, for they had failed him, as the book has told earlier."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223)

  "Then the king called his knights and told them the marvel of Josephes, who had told the queen of the defeat as soon as it had happened, and how he had"

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223)

  "put five leagues between himself and the castle before daybreak."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223)

  "And when day came and the company was on its way, behold, there came a messenger on a great courser, riding as fast as the horse could carry him, and when he saw the king he greeted him and said:

"Sire, my lady the queen greets you and sends you these letters."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223)

  "" And he took them at once and read them, for he knew his letters well;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223)

  "" "Sire," said the young man, "she heard the news last evening."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223)

  "" "By my faith," he said, "I do not know for certain, but I saw her taking counsel with a man called the master of the Christians."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223)

  "And when he had counseled her at length, she fell to weeping very tenderly, then she called me and commanded me to carry her letters as fast as this horse could go."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223)

  ""

Then the king called his knights and told them the marvel of Josephes, who had told the queen of the defeat as soon as it had happened, and how he had fled to la Choine, and that Tholomers was coming to besiege it."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223 (sentence 11) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 223)

  "As he was saying this, behold, there came a man-at-arms riding after the company, a bow in"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366)

  "" Then she commanded that everyone withdraw;"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366)

  "e looked at him and asked him what his name was, and he said that he was called Josephe, that being his baptismal name."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366)

  "which is all faith and all belief."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366)

  "And he said that yes, gladly, and she immediately began to set forth all the articles of the faith and of the Trinity, as clearly as the wisest cleric in the world could have done, so much so that Josephe, his companion, began to marvel greatly at it and asked her where she had learned this, and she said to him: "Truly, Josephe!"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (mother) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366)

  "My mother was a faithful believer for ten years in this faith, and she was a Christian without my father knowing anything of it, nor anyone of his lineage except me, and I will tell you how it came about."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366)

  "she immediately began to ask Josephe whether he wished that they be taught."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366)

  "And he began at once to tell her the articles of the Trinity."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366)

  ""Truly," she said, "Josephe!"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 366)

  "On this matter there is no man who can challenge me."

• attestation: A geographical feature or location is described at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284)

  "For he would have won him first and then all his land after;"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284)

  "" And Josephe answered her that it was true, and that by no living man could it be prevented."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284)

  "and if I could see him believe, I would be so happy that there would be nothing at all in this world that could cause me grief;"

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284)

  "nor would I care any longer at what hour I might die."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284)

  "But I was greatly frightened by what you told him, that he would be for three days and three nights in the power of his mortal enemy."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284)

  "And the lady said to him: "Josephe, you can at least tell me this much, if your Lord has revealed it to you — whether he will escape from this battle."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284)

  "" She asked and questioned him so much, time and again, that he told her all things as they came to pass from day to day."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284)

  "And the lady held him very dear and showed him great honor and listened most willingly to him speak and say the good words that he drew from the scriptures."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284 (sentence 11) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 284)

  "but there is no man to whom he"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 87 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 87)

  "And the king told her that of all the words that Josephe had spoken to him, there was not a single one that he had not found to be true."

• attribution: The title King is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 87 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 87)

  "" Then Josephe answered: "King!"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 87 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 87)

  "not at all that there would ever be peace or accord between them, for they had hated one another for too long."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 87 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 87)

  "And as soon as the king had dismounted, he asked for news of the Christians and what they were doing, and the queen asked them what they thought of their words, whether there was any truth or belief in them."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 87 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 87)

  "At this, the queen was very glad: she sent at once to fetch Josephe, and he came immediately."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 87 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 87)

  "And when the king saw him come, he rose to meet him and said that he was welcome as the most truthful of all the prophets."

• attestation: A death event (crucif) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388)

  "'I am the true crucified one,' Josephe sends word and commands that you tell Séraphe, when he asks about me, who I am."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388)

  "do not think, nor did it seem reasonable to you, that any man could have the strength for such great feats of prowess — know this truly;"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388)

  "And Josephe said to him: "Séraphe, now listen and I will tell you who he is, just as he himself sends word to you through me."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388)

  "He is the God of the Christians."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 388)

  "There I rescued you from death, and if you think you accomplished by your own power alone the marvels that you performed in the battle, you think wrongly, and thus the witness of the prowess you performed shall be yours;"

• attestation: A death event (crucif) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289)

  "And when it was uncovered, they saw clearly a red cross, and within it a crucifix from which it seemed that he had been newly crucified."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289)

  "'" When Josephes had thus spoken, Séraphes was quite astonished that he told things that he believed no man could know."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289)

  "may he guard your body this day from shame and peril and may he send you such great honor as you can greatest have."

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289)

  "I guarded you from peril through the prayer of that one who with a true heart called upon my name and invoked me and remembered me, and of earthly honor I gave you a very great share;"

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289)

  "for never was there as much talk of any prowess that any man performed as of yours, and if it remains in you, I shall give you still much greater honor and more besides, for you shall have the great honor of heaven, and the joy that shall never fail;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289)

  "but now see that you are wise in winning it.'" When Josephes had thus spoken, Séraphes was quite astonished that he told things that he believed no man could know."

• attestation: A death event (death) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289)

  "and that he had been driven to the very fear of death when he uncovered the sign, and when he called upon the Lord who had been placed on that sign, just as Josephe had taught him."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289)

  "Then Josephes asked to see the shield on which the sign was portrayed;"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289)

  "and the king had his shield brought."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 289)

  "Just as they had uncovered it and were gazing upon it, it happened that a man entered there who had just had his fist cut off in a skirmish."

• attestation: A healing or recovery of Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 230 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 230)

  "bring the man to this sign that is on this shield, and have him touch his arm to it, and if he is not healed at once, then have me destroyed without delay."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 230 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 230)

  "the left one, all cut off, in his right hand, he called Josephe and said to him: "Here is a man who had his fist cut off — let it be healed by the fis"

• attestation: A healing or recovery of Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 230 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 230)

  "the left one, all cut off, in his right hand, he called Josephe and said to him: "Here is a man who had his fist cut off — let it be healed by the fist, if he touches it to the white shield with the red cross, through the grace of Nostre Seignour."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 230 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 230)

  "Josephe, if your God has as great power as you attest, then demonstrate it right now, and if he restores to this man his fist that is severed, so that he has one as whole as the other, then I shall say, in truth, that he is the true God, and I pledge to you that I shall seek him without further urging."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 230 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 230)

  "" Then the wounded man came forward and touched his arm to the cross, and as soon as he had touched it, his arm was as sound and whole as the other, and another thing happened as well: the cross, as it had been on the shield, was no longer visible."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (sister) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294)

  "The next day Nasciens departed from the king and his sister, and took Joseph along with him, to baptize the people throughout the land and to teach them to keep the law and to hold the faith;"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294)

  "nty-seven years, and she told him how this had come about, just as she had told Josephe."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294)

  "nor would they allow anyone to baptize them except Josephe, for they did not believe they would be properly baptized by the hand of any other man."

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294)

  "And Josephe held a great silver basin and poured water over each one's head, in the name of the holy Trinity;"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294)

  "and he did so much that day that he had baptized a good five thousand three hundred and fifty-nine in all."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 294)

  "but Josephe remained in Sarras and had the images torn down and the idols destroyed, and he built new altars and purified the temples just as Jhésu-Crist had taught him to do with blessed water."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295)

  "And when he had pondered for a long while, he ungirded himself, then ran straight toward one of the altars with his belt in his hand, and began to conjure and to make the sign of the cross over an image on the high altar, until a devil came forth from it, so ugly and so hideous that no more loathsome thing could be found."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295)

  "This last was the one whom Josephe had appointed as his chief guardian of the ark, as the tale recounted earlier, when it spoke of his consecration."

• attestation: The Holy Grail vessel is referenced in connection with Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295)

  "three who remained to guard the ark where the holy vessel was kept."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295)

  "Of these three, one was called Anascor, and the second Manathes, and the third Lucans."

• attestation: A death event (crucif) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295)

  "Thus all three remained, along with all the women, and all the others went throughout the country baptizing the people and preaching the name of the true crucified one;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295)

  "but there was none among them in whom the Holy Spirit did not dwell so openly that they spoke all languages and prophesied all things;"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295)

  "and their number was forty-nine, not counting Josephe and his father."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 295)

  "And Joseph threw his belt around its neck and dragged it out of the temple in full view of the king, and in full view of all the people who followed him, for it could be heard very clearly throughout the whole city, so that a very great"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296 (sentence 7) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296)

  "" And Josephe removed his belt entirely and seized it by the hair."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296)

  "And Josephe answered that he would soon be able to hear."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296)

  "number of people came running."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296)

  "Then the king asked him why he was punishing it so, and what it had done to him."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296)

  "And he began to question it, asking why it had made Tolomer fall from the windows to the ground, and it said to him: "Josephe!"

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296)

  "You are the servant of our lord Jésus-Christ;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296)

  "now ease off a little and I will tell you."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 296)

  "Then it quickly began to tell him what he had asked."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297)

  "Then Josephe seized it again, put his belt back around its neck, and led it through all the streets so openly that all the people could see it, and he"

• attestation: An emotional response involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297)

  "his wealth alone, but he would become my man for all the days of the world, nor would he ever do anything that would grieve or displease me, if I could get him out of there."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297)

  "Then I transformed myself before him into the shape of a griffin, and made him mount upon me, and when I had him high up and greatly elevated, I let him fall so that he broke his neck and one of the arms of his body."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297)

  ""

Then Josephe seized it again, put his belt back around its neck, and led it through all the streets so openly that all the people could see it, and he said to the people: "Wretched folk of foolish intent, empty of sense and of faith, behold the likeness of the gods you have always believed in and through whom you thought you lived upon the earth."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297)

  "" Then he asked the devil what it was called, and the devil told him that its name was Selaphas, and it said that it had the power to spread fear among people through the evil tidings that it brought them."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297)

  "When the people heard these words, a very great number of them ran to be baptized."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297)

  "And Josephe entered the king's palace in the city and baptized them at once."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 297)

  "When he had purified them with blessed water, he then let the devil go, and commanded it to"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299)

  "among the others, and there were so many dead and maimed that the news reached Josephe where he was baptizing the people."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299)

  "a wound, yet one could not see the one who caused it;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299)

  "and another group, who did not have such afflictions, were maimed — some in the limbs, some in the thigh, some with a broken neck;"

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299)

  "nor would the baptized ones have suffered any harm, though so many died among the others, and there were so many dead and maimed that the news reached Josephe where he was baptizing the people."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299)

  "And when he heard this, he ran in that direction, greatly alarmed."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299)

  "And when he drew near to the gate, he looked before him and saw the devil that he had just let go, holding in its hand a sword all covered in blood, and from as far off as it saw Josephe, it began to cry out to him:

"Now behold, Josephe, how I carry out vengeance on the enemies of your God."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299)

  "" And Josephe asked it why it performed this marvel, and who had commanded it."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299)

  "And the devil answered that it did so by the commandment of Jhésu-Crist."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299)

  ""Truly," said Josephe, "wretch!"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299)

  "I did not command you to do this."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299)

  "" And then he ran toward it because he wanted to bind it."

• attestation: A celestial being or divine intervention is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 299)

  "In that rush that he made, he looked before him and saw an angel whose entire face"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300)

  "And when Josephe saw it in such a guise, he was greatly dismayed and marveled greatly at what this angel could signify."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300)

  "was as red as burning lightning, and its feet were the same, and its hands, and its garments were as black as pitch."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300)

  "While he was thus marveling, the angel drew near to him and let fly a lance that it held, and struck him through the right thigh so hard that the iron struck the bone;"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300)

  "and as soon as it had struck him, it let the lance fall without pulling it out, and said to him: "This is the testimony of my people whom you left unbaptized in order to rescue the despisers of my law."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300)

  "This reproach will last you all the days of your life, and if you pay for it elsewhere, do not marvel at it."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300)

  "" With that the angel departed, and Josephe pulled it out quite easily;"

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300)

  "nor, to his mind, did it cause him any pain at all in the pulling out, and he saw that the iron had remained in the wound;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300)

  "but he never felt any pain from it, no more than if it had been in a dream."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300)

  "But of this much he was well aware: that the angel had spoken truly about the reproach;"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 300)

  "for there was never a day afterward, as long as he lived, that he did not"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301)

  "he tale falls silent now about both the wound and the lance, except to say that Josephes carried the lance to the palace and it was gazed upon by many"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301)

  "limp where the lance had struck him;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301)

  "nor could the wound ever be stanched from bleeding as long as the iron remained within, and he would pay for it further in another place, just as the angel had told him not to marvel;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301)

  "and this the tale will recount hereafter, when the time and place for telling it shall come."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301)

  "Nor could any man who saw it say what kind of wood it might be made of."

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301)

  "Thus Josephes returned to the palace, greatly dismayed and greatly frightened — not on account of his wound, but because he feared that our Lord might be angered with him."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301)

  "And when he had bandaged his wound, it availed nothing, for despite this it never ceased bleeding."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301)

  "The king and the other people marveled greatly at this and were much dismayed by what had befallen him, because he had wanted to rescue the unbelieving people from the hands of the devil to whom they belonged."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301)

  "When the people heard this news, those who had been baptized were very glad, and those who had not yet received baptism ran at once to Josephe and begged him for baptism, out of fear of the devil who had so cruelly afflicted the others."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 301)

  "Thus they received the faith of Jhésu-Crist in great numbers."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302)

  "Josephes was in the city of Orcax for three days with all the people that he and Joseph his father had brought from Jhérusalem."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302)

  "And our Lord accomplished so much through their hands that within three days they had baptized all the men and all the women who were in the city, and there remained neither small nor great whom they did not bring to the law of Jhésu-Crist, through the true words they spoke to them and through the great miracles that God performed for them."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302)

  "And the others who went throughout the surrounding country accomplished so much that all the land, as far as the kingdom extended, was brought to the holy blessed law that had newly begun."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302)

  "And the images were burned and destroyed in all the temples and in all the places where they could be found."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302)

  "And Josephe accomplished so much before he returned that he converted to the Christian faith all the land of Nascien."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302)

  "he gave them the order and the high rank of priest;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302 (sentence 10) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 302)

  "Thus Josephe chose and distributed them, until he had no more"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304)

  "And in each of these two churches twelve priests were appointed to perform the service and to counsel the people under the bishop, for the bishop could not suffice to counsel so great a people all alone, since the people were still too newly converted."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304)

  "Thus Josephes learned the lives of the two worthy hermits and the names of those blessed holy bodies, and he carried them to Sarras."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304)

  "book had written: "Here lies Hermoines," and his life's account said that he had been twenty-nine years and six months in the hermitage, and was never unshod nor unclothed;"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304)

  "nor after his first sandals wore out did he put on others, nor did he wear any garments after his first ones were worn out, except such as our Lord sent him;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304)

  "and his life's account also said that he was born in Tarse and Salustres was from the city of Biauliant."

• attestation: The Holy Grail vessel is referenced in connection with Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304)

  "and when he was there, he had the body placed in a very rich vessel and founded for it a rich and honorable church;"

• attribution: Joseph is described with positive attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 304)

  "and for saint Saluste a church was likewise established, of very great beauty, in the city of Sarças."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305)

  "Thus Josephes honored the blessed hermits, the two cities of the two blessed holy bodies (who were so exalted and most holy)."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305)

  "Afterward the king said to Josephe, between himself and Nascien, that they wished to see what holy relics he carried, and in what place he performed his prayers."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305)

  "And Josephe led them to the ark, and showed to them and to the queen alone what was inside it;"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305)

  "For the glorious Son of God performs and will perform there until the end of the world great miracles and great wonders for the love of them."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305)

  "and when they saw the vestments in which Jhésu-Crist had consecrated Josephe, they praised them greatly, and even more so the chair in which he had sat, and they said that it was the most beautiful seat and the richest of which they had ever heard speak."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 305)

  "And when he had examined it very carefully from the outside, as one whose heart looked upon it with greater courage and deeper attention than the others,"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306)

  ""While I was thinking so deeply, I heard I know not whom speaking;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306)

  "but I never saw anyone, and nevertheless I understood well that the voice said to me: 'Sérasphe!"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306)

  "What are you seeking and thinking about?"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306)

  "You think upon it in vain, for never, at any time, will you fulfill the thought into which you have entered, until the hour when the marvels of the Graal are revealed to you.' And because of this, know well that this is the Graaus, for all my thoughts are fulfilled now that I see that which, in all things, delights and pleases me."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306)

  "rather he drew forward and lifted a plate with which the glorious vessel was covered;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306)

  "" And when he had spoken thus, what he had seen was not enough for him;"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306)

  "by its name, which never afterward escaped him, and he said to the king and to Josephe that he had never in his life seen any earthly thing that did n"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306)

  "he called it by its name, which never afterward escaped him, and he said to the king and to Josephe that he had never in his life seen any earthly thing that did not in some way displease him;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306)

  "but now he saw that which he had always desired, for what he saw pleased and delighted him above all things that he had ever seen."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306)

  ""Now I see well," he said, "that all my thoughts are fulfilled, for I was riding when I was a squire through a great forest, and it happened that I lost all my companions and all my dogs after a very great stag that I was hunting, and when I had lost the sound and sight of them, it happened that I fell into a very deep reverie, from which I did not soon stir;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306 (sentence 4) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 306)

  "rather I remained there for a very long time, like one whose heart was deeply absorbed in it."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 308 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 308)

  ""I have," he said, "seen the beginning of great boldness, the source of great wisdom, the foundation of great faiths, the separation of great wickedness, the demonstration of great marvels, the culmination of true goodness and nobility."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 308 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 308)

  "Then Josephes fell completely silent, and the king began to question him closely and asked whether he could tell anything of what he had seen, that he"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 308 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 308)

  ""it shall be removed from your thigh only by the very one who thrust it in."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 308 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 308)

  "Then the king began very earnestly to inquire of him again what that"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 309 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 309)

  "And Josephes stood before the ark deep in thought, without speaking a word, and pondered for a very long time."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 309 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 309)

  "" And as soon as that voice had thus spoken, an angel came forth from the ark, and was all dressed in a white robe, and held in his left hand a white box;"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 309 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 309)

  "marvel could be, and that in no way could he know any other certainty about it, save only that he had seen something that no tongue could make clear."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 309 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 309)

  "At this thing those who heard it marveled greatly."

• attestation: A healing or recovery of Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 309 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 309)

  "While he was thinking thus, behold, a voice cried out from within the ark very loudly, and said so that all could hear: "After my great vengeance, my great healing, and after my fury, my payment."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 309 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 309)

  "and when he was outside the ark, he took in his right hand the lance with which Josephes had been struck in the thigh, which Josephes himself had brought from Orcaus (when he departed from there, and he had left the priests that he had appointed, just as you have heard), and he had leaned the lance against the wall beside the ark."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310)

  "and the angel took the box in his hand, and came to Josephe, and washed and anointed his entire wound with the blood that had flowed into the box from"

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310)

  "That lance, now without its iron head, he placed in the same spot where he had found it the other time when the iron head had remained, and when he had drawn the lance to him, all saw that the iron head had come out and come along with the lance."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310)

  "And the angel took the box in his left hand, put it back, and placed the iron head of the lance upon it."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310)

  "Great drops of blood began to fall, thick and heavy, and they fell back into the box that was beneath, until it was completely full."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310)

  "This marvel all those who were inside saw plainly;"

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310)

  "they were greatly astonished at the blood that ran down from the iron head in great drops;"

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310)

  "Then he came to Nascien and washed his eyes with that same blood, and as soon as he had washed them, he saw as clearly as he had ever seen most clearly."

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310)

  "And the angel said again to Josephe: "Look," and Josephe looked;"

• attestation: A healing or recovery of Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310)

  "and he saw that his wound was entirely healed, so that nothing showed except only the scar where it had been."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310)

  "Then the angel went forward, took the lance, and said: "Do you know what this lance signifies?"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 310)

  "" And Josephe answered:"

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "Then they departed from that place, and the king led away all the"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "' Let Joseph know well that as many days as you have carried the iron head of the lance in your thigh, so many years shall the marvelous adventures la"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "saw the marvels of the Graal, so too will that last man be the one who will see them;"

• attestation: A death event (crucif) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "for thus spoke the true crucifix to the first man of the precious lineage: 'At the last age I appoint the revealing of my marvels,' and he said further, 'upon the first, and upon the last of my new ministers who are anointed and consecrated at my pleasure, I shall pour out the vengeance of my adventurous lance, because I wish that these two be my faithful witnesses, that by the piercing of my lance, upon the cross, my death was laid upon me and proven by the wicked Jews.' Let Joseph know well that as many days as you have carried the iron head of the lance in your thigh, so many years shall the marvelous adventures last in the land where God wishes to lead you."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  ""

"Henceforth it is well time for you to depart, for you have accomplished a great part of the task and the will of your creator."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 313)

  "" Then the angel turned away, and those who had listened to his words were greatly astonished by the marvels he had spoken of, and there was great joy over Nascien, who had recovered his sight, for they had been in very great fear."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314)

  "and when they were in his palace, the night before, he called Josephe and told him to explain to him and to Nascyen the vision that he had seen in his palace the night before he set out with the army."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314)

  "and when they were in his palace, the night before, he called Josephe and told him to explain to him and to Nascyen the vision that he had seen in his"

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314)

  "Christians, except only three who remained to guard the ark;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314)

  ""And nevertheless," he said, "I know well that part of it has meaning, but I wish," he said, "that Nascien should learn it from your own mouth."

• attribution: The title King is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314)

  "" Then Josephe began to speak and said, so that all those who were there could hear:

"King!"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314)

  "You saw in your palace three trees, and it was in this very place right here."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314)

  "These three trees were of one thickness and one height and one appearance, save only that the one in the middle was covered with a very ugly and very black bark."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314)

  "The one with the black bark was the sign of the Son of God, that is of Jhésu-Crist, who covered himself on earth with ugly mortal flesh, and the other two signify the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit;"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314)

  "and the kinds of people who were beneath the Father signify the beginning of the world."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314 (sentence 9) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314)

  "For at that time the Trinity was not yet known."

• attestation: A death event (die) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 314)

  "The two who departed from the company of the others signify, and leapt into the pit — that was the first man and the first woman who went to Hell as soon as they died, and all the others followed them, for there was never since anyone, however much good he had done in"

• attestation: A burial or tomb is referenced at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316)

  "And when the body was buried, the spirit went straightaway to hell, and drew out all those men and all those women who had been in his service on earth since the beginning of the world."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316)

  "When he had returned from hell, he took up his body again;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316 (sentence 3) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316)

  "but he changed it, for he left behind all mortality and became celestial."

• attestation: A religious ritual or devotional act is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316)

  ""What you saw — that the people took the branches of the trees and the leaves, and cut down a part of them, and burned another part — this signifies the members of Jhésu-Crist;"

• attestation: A death event (slain) involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316)

  "these are the loyal ministers, of whom some are slain, others burned in fire, others killed by stones, for the sake of exalting his name and for increasing his faith."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316)

  "'" "That," said Josephe, "is a thing easy enough to understand."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316 (sentence 6) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316)

  "Thus you can understand by the three trees the Trinity: three persons in one godhead, and his godhead in three persons of one greatness and one power, neither the one lesser nor the other greater."

• attestation: A conversion or baptism involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316)

  "" "By my faith," said the king, "all this I have understood very well;"

• attestation: Speech or dialogue by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316)

  "but concerning the letters, make me certain, for the first said 'this one forms' and the second said 'this one saves' and the third said 'this one purifies.'" "That," said Josephe, "is a thing easy enough to understand."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Father) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316)

  "He who forms is the Father, for scripture says that the Father forms all things from nothing;"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316)

  "for at the beginning of the world, the knowledge of the Son had not yet come forth, nor did the first people know anything of it, and for this reason the forming of all creatures belongs to the person of the Father."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316)

  "And because the person of the Son came to earth to redeem his people, for this reason the salvation of mankind belongs to the person of the Son."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 316)

  "And because the Holy Spirit came to earth"

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317)

  "" "Still," said Josephe, "I see well that you are not yet perfect in faith."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317)

  "on the day of Pentecost to cleanse and to purify and to purge the bodies of the disciples, and not on that day alone, but on many other days and many other nights, and for this reason the purification of bodies and of hearts belongs to the person of the Holy Spirit."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317)

  "Now you have heard the properties of the three persons who have but one single power and one single godhead."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317)

  "" "You have made us very certain of all these things," said the king, "if only you would also make it so that we might know the truth of the child that I saw enter my chamber, for I did not think that any living thing could know the entrance."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317 (sentence 5) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317)

  "For this is a thing that you ought to know entirely on your own and understand, but I will tell you."

• relationship: A kinship relationship (Son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317)

  ""That child who entered your chamber and went out without opening or damaging a door signifies the Son of God, who entered the body of the Virgin and came forth without damaging her maidenhood."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317)

  "" "Then tell me," said the king, "who the child was, for I have well understood the meaning, and that very same word a voice told me after I had seen him."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317)

  ""

To this very matter Josephe began to think about how to respond, and when he had thought a little, he answered the king forthwith: "King!"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317)

  "Now hear who it was that in the likeness of a child entered the chamber and went out: it was the Holy Spirit of our Lord, from whose"

• attestation: The Grail narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317 (segment 2) attests to sacred history (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 317)

  "many other nights, and for this reason the purification of bodies and of hearts belongs to the person of the Holy Spirit. Now you have heard the properties of the three persons who have but one single power and one"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 318 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 318)

  "Rather, the king had had a door made of iron, so subtle that he did not think any mortal could perceive it, no matter how hard he might look."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 318 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 318)

  "And when Josephe had"

• attribution: Joseph is described with negative attributes at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 318 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 318)

  "mouth this word came forth: 'No thing is hidden that shall not be known, nor is any thing covered that shall not be uncovered.' And because you hold to this falsehood, for this reason he sends word to you through me that you must remove the disloyal likeness that you have always kept in the cellar of this very chamber;"

• attribution: The title Lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 318 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 318)

  "and if you do not remove it and burn it in the sight of all men and all women, the Spirit of our Lord commands me to reveal the great marvel for which you have kept it, and then you will be able to perceive that nothing is so hidden that it is not known."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 318 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 318)

  ""

This likeness was an image of wood, marvelously beautiful, in the form of a woman, and it was dressed in a rich robe, the richest that the king could find, and the most precious."

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 318 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 318)

  "With this image the king lay carnally, and with so great a love had he loved it for a full fifteen years that no man could have greater love for any mortal woman, nor had any man, however close to him, ever known this secret."

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 321 (sentence 8) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 321)

  "but she could not question him enough that he would tell her anything about it, nor did she dare press him against his will, for he"

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 321 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 321)

  "Then he departed from them, and they turned back, very pensive and weeping greatly, like those to whom it seemed that they had lost everything, now that Josephe was going away — and you shall hear how it was by the commandment of God."

• attestation: A journey or movement by Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 321 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 321)

  "Now Josephe and his company go forth by the pleasure and by the commandment of our Lord, but of all their days of travel, and of all their adventures, and of each place where they lodged, the tale does not speak here;"

• attribution: The title king is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 321 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 321)

  "Here the tale tells us that at night, when the king was lying in his bed, he fell into a very deep thought, by which he was so absorbed and so lost that there was no one who could draw a word from him."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 321 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 321)

  "They took leave of the king and his company, and Josephe earnestly urged them to exalt holy Church to the best of their ability and to uphold well the"

• attestation: Fear or astonishment is experienced by Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 321 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 321)

  "In that thought he remained a very long time, in the manner you have heard, and he wept so tenderly from his eyes and sighed from his heart that the queen, who lay beside him, was quite astonished;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 327 (sentence 2) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 327)

  "this promise that I made to you, I have kept badly, and the shame falls not upon you nor upon anyone else but upon me alone."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 327 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 327)

  "or do I know in any way how I might understand the meaning of this dream, since Josephe has gone away, for if he were still here, he would have very q"

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 327 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 327)

  "And through the anguish of this thought, I fell without fail into the vision that I have recounted to you, of which I am very glad in one part and very troubled in another."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 327 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 327)

  "Nor do I know in any way how I might understand the meaning of this dream, since Josephe has gone away, for if he were still here, he would have very quickly revealed the truth of it to me."

• attribution: The title lord is attributed to Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 327 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 327)

  "For we have entered into a lordship where we were not on the day that you made me this agreement, and likewise"

• relationship: A kinship relationship (son of) is attested between figures at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 403 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 403)

  "He will be the ninth from among those who descend from the son of your nephew, and he will be yours as you have heard described;"

• attestation: Joseph participates in narrative events at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 403 (sentence 1) (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 403)

  "because he will surpass all others in all virtues, Jhésu-Cris will bathe himself entirely in him, and he will not bathe clothed, but completely naked, for he will disrobe before him in such a manner that he will reveal to him his great secrets, that which he will never have revealed to any mortal man."

• attestation: Physical suffering or bodily detail is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 403 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 403)

  "He will be full of all those virtues that the body and heart of man can sustain and ought to, and he will surpass all those who come after him who take up the bearing of arms."

• attestation: A supernatural event is attested involving Joseph at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 403 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 403)

  "but the great miracles and the great wonders that will come to pass through him in the land where his body will lie will not be known to have happened through him, for at that time there will be very few who truly know the signs of his burial place."

• attestation: Military action involving Joseph is attested at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 403 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 403)

  "He will be the one of whom the angel spoke at Sarras, when he struck Joseph with the avenging lance, when he said that never would the marvels of the Graal be revealed to any mortal man save to one alone."

• attestation: Joseph is mentioned in the narrative at Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 403 (Estoire del Saint Graal (History of the Holy Grail) > Text > Page 403)

  "He will be the one of whom the angel spoke at Sarras, when he struck Joseph with the avenging lance, when he said that never would the marvels of the"