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On The Legend Of The Holy Or San Graal;
with , in which places they used to be made in great quantities by coppersmiths . There is therefore no dependence to be placed on this new hypothesis of the Graal legend , more especially as Von Hammer was often so shamefully badgered in similar attempts , in the journal of the Thiiring-Saxon Union , and in the vindication of the Order , by his antagonist Nell , on his great work . " In the above approved explanations nothing occurs opposed
to the meaning of simple rotundity—a form peculiarly affected by the Templars , as we find in all their buildings with us , and as we shall find in many abroad , more especially in the beau ideal of a Templar cathedral , of which I shall have occasion to say more shortly ; also in the round table ; and thus there must be something inherently significant of rotundity in the word ,
or its etymological identities . A few may be mentioned : Krai is a round assemblage of round huts ; Gracilis has its beauty from rotundity , from which the French take their grele ( hail ) , and the Germans Hagel , which also means shot . The kreel and reel , —to reel , either subjectively when drunk , or objectively when winding yarn—indicate rotatory motion ; krciuel , its
German form , unites , says Adelung , "the crooked form with the idea of grasping , " as Kralle , the claw ; so Kreise , circulus , Kreisel or Krimsel , the top : hence coral , cor the heart ; garland , croolc , crown , croiod , cravat ; Granum , Grand , German for gravel ; in which latter sense , besides innumerable other instances , Ave have in Spenser" Here upon this gentle knight unweeting was , And lying down upon the sandy grael , Dronk of the stream as clear as crystal glass . "
And again : — " The bottom yellow , like the golden arayle , That bright Pactolus washeth with his streams . " Nor would the modem name of catino differ in meaning , being , from the etymological identity of t and s , derived from the low Latin cassis , cassela ; English , kettle ; German , Kessel ;
Ketti , a round seat , as in Adelung . Thus the radix is so comprehensive , that anything round in itself , or the cause of rotundity , may be contained Avithin it . Its propriety , there fore , as the peculiar designation of a vessel consecrated to the Templar use , and guarded , as we shall find hereafter , by their Orderis apparent : it was almost a necessity .
, After this probably too dry discussion on the meaning of the word , Ave now approach the first portion of the divisions Ave haA e made of our subject . The most full and comprehensive account that we find of the Sangreal abroad ( passing by for the present our own country ) , is in an ancient German poem , entitled " Titurel , " of Avhich there Avere formerly two versions ; one , the
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On The Legend Of The Holy Or San Graal;
with , in which places they used to be made in great quantities by coppersmiths . There is therefore no dependence to be placed on this new hypothesis of the Graal legend , more especially as Von Hammer was often so shamefully badgered in similar attempts , in the journal of the Thiiring-Saxon Union , and in the vindication of the Order , by his antagonist Nell , on his great work . " In the above approved explanations nothing occurs opposed
to the meaning of simple rotundity—a form peculiarly affected by the Templars , as we find in all their buildings with us , and as we shall find in many abroad , more especially in the beau ideal of a Templar cathedral , of which I shall have occasion to say more shortly ; also in the round table ; and thus there must be something inherently significant of rotundity in the word ,
or its etymological identities . A few may be mentioned : Krai is a round assemblage of round huts ; Gracilis has its beauty from rotundity , from which the French take their grele ( hail ) , and the Germans Hagel , which also means shot . The kreel and reel , —to reel , either subjectively when drunk , or objectively when winding yarn—indicate rotatory motion ; krciuel , its
German form , unites , says Adelung , "the crooked form with the idea of grasping , " as Kralle , the claw ; so Kreise , circulus , Kreisel or Krimsel , the top : hence coral , cor the heart ; garland , croolc , crown , croiod , cravat ; Granum , Grand , German for gravel ; in which latter sense , besides innumerable other instances , Ave have in Spenser" Here upon this gentle knight unweeting was , And lying down upon the sandy grael , Dronk of the stream as clear as crystal glass . "
And again : — " The bottom yellow , like the golden arayle , That bright Pactolus washeth with his streams . " Nor would the modem name of catino differ in meaning , being , from the etymological identity of t and s , derived from the low Latin cassis , cassela ; English , kettle ; German , Kessel ;
Ketti , a round seat , as in Adelung . Thus the radix is so comprehensive , that anything round in itself , or the cause of rotundity , may be contained Avithin it . Its propriety , there fore , as the peculiar designation of a vessel consecrated to the Templar use , and guarded , as we shall find hereafter , by their Orderis apparent : it was almost a necessity .
, After this probably too dry discussion on the meaning of the word , Ave now approach the first portion of the divisions Ave haA e made of our subject . The most full and comprehensive account that we find of the Sangreal abroad ( passing by for the present our own country ) , is in an ancient German poem , entitled " Titurel , " of Avhich there Avere formerly two versions ; one , the