Editing Round Table (section)

==Winchester Round Table==
[[File:King Arthur's Round Table at Winchester Castle, Winchester, Hampshire, England.png|thumb|The Winchester Round Table featuring the names of S galahallt ([[Sir Galahad]]), S launcelot deulake ([[Lancelot|Sir Lancelot de Lake]]), S gauen ([[Sir Gawain]]), S pcyvale ([[Sir Percival]]), S Iyonell ([[Sir Lionel]]), S trystram delyens ([[Tristan|Sir Tristan de Lyoness]]), S garethe ([[Sir Gareth]]), S bedwere ([[Bedivere|Sir Bedivere]]), S blubrys ([[Bleoberis|Sir Bleoberis]]), S lacotemale tayle ([[Brunor|Sir La Cote Male Taile]]), S lucane ([[Sir Lucan]]), S plomyd ([[Sir Palamedes]]), S lamorak ([[Sir Lamorak]]), S bors de ganys ([[Sir Bors de Ganis]]), S safer ([[Sir Safir]]), S pelleus ([[Sir Pelleas]]), S kay ([[Sir Kay]]), S Ectorde marys ([[Sir Ector de Maris]]), S dagonet ([[Sir Dagonet]]), S degore (Sir Degore), S brumear ([[Brunor|Sir Brunor]]), S lybyus dyscovy ([[Gingalain|Sir Le Bel Inconnu]]), S alynore (Sir Alymore), and S mordrede ([[Sir Mordred]])|500px|center]]

The Winchester Round Table is a large tabletop hanging in [[Winchester Castle]] and bearing the names of various knights of Arthur's court, was probably created for a Round Table tournament.<ref name="Ashe">[[Geoffrey Ashe|Ashe, Geoffrey]] (1991). "Winchester." In [[Norris J. Lacy|Lacy, Norris J.]] (Ed.), ''The New Arthurian Encyclopedia'', pp. 518–519. New York: Garland. {{ISBN|0-8240-4377-4}}.</ref> The table is {{convert|5.5|m}} in diameter and weighs {{convert|1.2|t|lb}}.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Round Table of Knights Fame|url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/winchester-round-table|access-date=2022-01-11|website=Atlas Obscura|language=en}}</ref> The current paintwork is late; it was done by order of King [[Henry VIII of England]]. The table itself is considerably older; [[dendrochronology]] calculates the date of construction to 1250–1280—during the reign of [[Edward I of England]]—using timbers that were felled over a period of years.<ref>{{cite book|last=Biddle|first=Martin |author-link=Martin Biddle |title=King Arthur's Round Table: an archaeological investigation|publisher=Boydell and Brewer|location=Woodbridge, England|year=2000|page=182|isbn=0-85115-626-6}}.</ref> Edward was an Arthurian enthusiast who attended at least five Round Tables and hosted one himself in 1299, which may have been the occasion for the creation of the Winchester Round Table.<ref name="Ashe"/> [[Martin Biddle]], from an examination of Edward's financial accounts, links it instead with a tournament King Edward held near Winchester on 20 April 1290, to mark the betrothal of one of his daughters.<ref>Biddle (2000: 361–392).</ref>