The first page of Chapter I: The Fire Sign, Leo and the first page of Chapter XII: Orion the Giant "Light of Heaven", from Katharine Maltwood's manuscript "King Arthur's Round Table". The first page of Chapter XII Orion the Giant "Light of Heaven" features a cut out photograph of the Giant Orion from Katherine Maltwood's Somerset Zodiac (also known as Glastonbury Zodiac). A caption under the photograph reads: "DUNDON Hill - photographed from the - air, here reveals - “THE GIANT’s” - head, and arm which - Messire Gawain - is said to have cut off in - Branch 6, Title 5, of the High History". The first page of Chapter I: The Fire Sign, Leo features a cut out photograph of Leo from Katharine Maltwood's Somerset Zodiac (also known as Glastonbury Zodiac). A caption under the photograph reads: “The ‘formidable animal’ - The Lion that the Knights of King Arthur are - represented as killing".

In Collection:

• Katharine Maltwood Collection

Creator

• Maltwood, K. E.

Subject

• Cartography
• Deep space--Orion (Constellation)
• Maltwood, K. E.

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1900s

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 pages

Alternative title

• Chapter I: The Fire Sign, Leo
• Manuscript of "King Arthur's Round Table"
• Chapter XII: Orion the Giant 'Light of Heaven'

Geographic Coverage

• England--Somerset

Coordinates

• 51.08333,-3

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Katharine Maltwood Collection

Provenance

• Donor: John Maltwood

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• typewriting
• manuscripts (documents)

Archival item identifier

• Box1_SecV_A_Lot1_1

Fonds title

• Katharine Maltwood fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC076

Is referenced by

• Finding aid for archival fonds: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/findaids/maltwood_inventory.pdf

Date digitized

• July 15, 2015

Technical note

• Digitized by Robbyn Gordon Lanning. Technical and cataloguing metadata provided by Robbyn Gordon Lanning. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (speccoll@uvic.ca). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/pzcb-y605

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