Editing Round Table (section)

{{Short description|Table in the Arthurian legend}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Infobox fictional artifact
|name            = The Round Table
|image           = Holy-grail-round-table-ms-fr-112-3-f5r-1470-detail.jpg
|imagesize       =  
|caption         = A 1470 reproduction of [[Évrard d'Espinques]]'s illumination of the [[Vulgate Cycle|Prose ''Lancelot'']], showing [[King Arthur]] presiding at the Round Table with his [[Knights of the Round Table|Knights]]
|alt             = 
|source          = [[Arthurian legend]]
|source_type     = 
|company         = 
|first           = [[Roman de Brut]]
|first_ep        = 
|first_type      = 
|date            = 1155
|creator         = [[Wace]]
|type            = Legendary table
|genre           = [[Chivalric romance]]
|owner           = [[King Arthur]]
|traits          = 
|uses            = The meeting of Arthur's court, known as the [[Knights of the Round Table]]
}}

The '''Round Table''' ({{langx|cy|y Ford Gron}}; {{langx|kw|an Moos Krenn}}; {{langx|br|an Daol Grenn}}; {{langx|la|Mensa Rotunda}}) is [[King Arthur]]'s famed [[table (furniture)|table]] in the [[Arthurian legend]], around which he and his knights congregate. As its name suggests, it has no head, implying that everyone who sits there has equal status, unlike conventional rectangular tables where participants order themselves according to rank. The table was first described in 1155 by [[Wace]], who relied on previous depictions of Arthur's fabulous retinue. The symbolism of the Round Table developed over time; by the close of the 12th century, it had come to represent the [[chivalric order]] associated with Arthur's court, the [[Knights of the Round Table]].