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title: Vortigern & Merlin
author: PKM
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6696/vortigern--merlin/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Vortigern & Merlin

_Authored by PKM_

## Image File

[![Vortigern & Merlin](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6696.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6696.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Merlin](https://www.worldhistory.org/Merlin/) reads his prophecies to King [Vortigern](https://www.worldhistory.org/Vortigern/). British Library MS Cotton [Claudius](https://www.worldhistory.org/claudius/) B VII f.224, Geoffrey of Monmouth's Prophetiae Merlini. Unknown illustrator, c. 1250-1270 CE.

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PKM. (2017, May 23). Vortigern & Merlin. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6696/vortigern--merlin/>
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### MLA
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## License & Copyright

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