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Holy Grail: According to medieval legend, the Sangreal was the

James Russell Lowell

cup or chalice, made of emerald, which was used by Christ, at the last

supper, and in which Joseph of Arimathea caught the last drops of

Christ's blood when he was taken down from the cross. The quest of the

Grail is the central theme of the Arthurian Romances. Tennyson's _Holy

Grail_ should be read, and the student should also be made familiar

with the beautiful versions of the legend in Abbey's series of mural

paintings in the Boston Public Library, and in Wagner's _Parsifal_.