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...Holy Grail-which Sir Lancelot glimpsed for one transcendent instant, which the pure knight, Sir Galahad, and simple Sir Percival sought and found-may now be reposing in the strong room of Lloyd's Bank in Aberystwyth, Wales. It will soon be turned over to a vivacious blonde Englishwoman named Mrs. James Mirylees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Wanted: Home for a Relic | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

...after five years of litigation, Mrs. Mirylees was in possession of the vast, decaying, 18th century mansion called Nanteos in Cardigan, Wales, and the most precious part of the Nanteos estate is a crumbled, blackened wooden cup held together by wire, which, according to one legend, is the Holy Grail itself, from which Christ drank at the Last Supper and in which Joseph of Arimathea caught some of His blood.* Other tradition has it that the Holy Cup of Nanteos is not the Grail but a vessel later made from the wood of the Cross. During Henry VIII...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Wanted: Home for a Relic | 9/3/1956 | See Source »

When Pierre Monteux became conductor of the Boston Symphony in 1919, the reputation of the Glee Club and Choral Society was so well established that he did not even bother with an audition before inviting them to sing the grail scene of Wagner's Parsifal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ". . . The Love Music and They Love to Sing" | 3/8/1955 | See Source »

Suburban Bliss. Sir Henry is sufficiently tired to realize that his quest is not for glory and the Grail, but for the cozy security of a small castle with a hot-and-cold-running moat. But once he finds his medieval version of suburban bliss and the itinerant ménage à trois settles down, he feels he is committed to being a hero. So off he rides again on his trusty steed, this time to face the greatest foe a man can have: himself. It is a battle that Satirist Nathan does not allow his Every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Shaggy Dragon Story | 1/17/1955 | See Source »

...such odd lights and glimmerings, Explorer Fawcett conceived his grail and followed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fawcett of the Mato Grosso | 5/25/1953 | See Source »

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