A 700-year-old illuminated manuscript featuring tales of King Arthur and Merlin is hitting the auction block.
The Clermont-Tonnerre Grail contains Old French text from the Lancelot-Grail cycle and 126 gold-leaf illustrations.
Christie's expects the "virtually unknown" manuscript to sell for up to $2.7 million in July.
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A medieval manuscript featuring an early version of the tales of King Arthur and Merlin, which has been in private hands for about 700 years, is going under the hammer in a rare sale this summer.










