We have lost 90 per cent of the original copies of Medieval literature

Chris Potter-Walker

According to a new estimate, nine in 10 medieval manuscripts telling tales of chivalry and heroism have been lost to time.

The volume of medieval literature in the genre of narrative fiction that once existed was studied by Katarzyna Anna Kapitan and Daniel Sawyer at the University of Oxford and their colleagues from around Europe. The stories of King Arthur and Lancelot are included in these texts.

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