Images

A Jomon incense burner. Rokugo Ishinadate, Misato-cho, Akita, Japan. Jomon Period, 1000-400 BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)

A Jomon vase, Japan. Jomon Period, 4000-3000 BCE. (Tokyo National Museum)

King Arthur at the Great Hall, Winchester. 16th-century painting of King Arthur on the Round Table, believed to bear the face of Henry VIII who commissioned the repainting.

Tintern Station, Gwent, Circle of Legends.

Geoffrey of Monmouth was the first to create a complete work on the story of King Arthur in his History of the Kings of Britain. Tintern Station, Gwent, The Cirle of Legends.

Miniature of King Arthur, holding a spear and a shield emblazoned with the Virgin and Child. 14th-century CE manuscript from England. Peter of Langtoft and others: Drawings with various inscriptions, distichs and poems (ff. 1-9v), verse...

An example of a Kharosthi inscription on paper found at Yingpan in the Tarim Basin (northwest China) dated to the 2nd to 5th century CE.

An example of Japanese calligraphy. From a scroll with extracts from the 'Tale of the Genji' or Genji Monogatari, written in the 11th century CE by Murasaki Shikibu. Ink on decorated paper. Attributed to Prince Son'en (1298-1356 CE). (Tokyo...

A scroll with extracts from the 'Tale of the Genji' or Genji Monogatari, written in the 11th century CE by Murasaki Shikibu. Ink on decorated paper. Attributed to Prince Son'en (1298-1356 CE). (Tokyo National Museum)

A 19th century CE painting by John Garrick depicting the death of King Arthur.