Art, Symbol & Imagination
Peredur and the Figure beside the Flames
A knight on a dark horse approaches a standing figure beside a great blaze or fiery tree. The bright flames separate the two figures from the quieter landscape behind them. The image opens the tale of Peredur the Son of Evrawc in The Mabinogion.
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Illustrator not identified. "Peredur and the Figure beside the Flames" [editorial title]. In The Mabinogion, Anonymous; translated by Lady Charlotte Guest. Second edition, Bernard Quaritch, 1877; English translation with notes, 1877, Bernard Quaritch. Source scan leaf 107. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0240-0106
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Illustrator not identified. Peredur and the Figure beside the Flames. The Mabinogion. Scan leaf 107. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0240-0106