Henry Lovelich (fl. mid-15th c.), also known as Herry Lovelich, and Lovelich the Skinner, was an English poet of 15th-century London. He is best known as a translator into

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verse of Robert de Borron's lengthy

Arthurian King Arthur ( cy, Brenin Arthur, kw, Arthur Gernow, br, Roue Arzhur) is a Legend, legendary king of Great Britain, Britain, and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain. In the earliest tradition ...

poems written in French: ''The History of the Holy Grail'' and '' The Romance of Merlin''.

Works

The estimated dates for the ''Holy Grail'' and ''Merlin'' translations are 1450–1475, although some earlier scholars suggested 1420–1455.Roger Dalrymple: "Evele knowin ʒe Merline, jn certeyn. Henry Lovelich's ''Merlin''". ''Medieval Insular Romance. Translation and Innovation'', eds Judith Weiss, Jennifer Fellows and Morgan Dickson (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 2000), p. 150 ff
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/ref> The form of English employed has been described as "a Southern dialect with some Midland forms in evidence". The versification has been described as poor, but the ''Merlin'' manuscript has never been fully edited or glossed. However, several of Henry Lovelich's works have been published by the

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External sources

*Sample of Lovelich's wor
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*Study of the context of Lovelich's wor
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*Lovelich and the Merlin legend in 15th-century England: MEDIUM ÆVU
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References

15th-century English poets English male poets Middle English poets English translators Writers of Arthurian literature {{england-poet-stub