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Isolde accepts King Mark's proposal and accompanies    
Tristram back to Cornwall to be married.On the boat,   
accidentally,the couple drink the love-potion meant    
for Isolde and her future husband,King Mark.Murals in  
the "summer-house" illustrate the Tristram-legend.
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Isolde accepts King Mark's proposal and accompanies Tristram back to Cornwal...

King Mark of Cornwall greets his bride upon arrival;   
the marriage is concluded by handshake.                
Murals in the "summer-house" of Runkelstein castle     
illustrate the Tristram-legend.
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King Mark of Cornwall greets his bride upon arrival; the marriage is conclude...

Brangaene,Isolde's cousin, is her only ally in hiding  
the couple's passion before King Mark.Murals in the    
"summer-house of Runkelstein castle illustrate the     
Tristram-legend.
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Brangaene,Isolde's cousin, is her only ally in hiding the couple's passion bef...

Unable to contain his passion, Tristram joins Isolde   
in her bed-chamber.Murals in the "summer-house" of     
Runkelstein castle illustrate the Tristram-legend.
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Unable to contain his passion, Tristram joins Isolde in her bed-chamber.Mural...

On the way to church, the court dwarf Frocin tells     
King Mark of his wife's adultery.Murals in the         
"summer-house" of Runkelstein castle illustrate        
the Tristram-legend.
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On the way to church, the court dwarf Frocin tells King Mark of his wife's...

King Mark sentences Isolde to the ordeal by fire.As the
bishop holds the red-hot iron,a beggar,Tristram in dis-
guise,helps Isolde from the boat.Denying that she has  
ever been in the arms of another man but this beggar's,
Isolde avoids lying and is not burnt by the hot iron.
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King Mark sentences Isolde to the ordeal by fire.As the bishop holds the red-hot...

King Arthur and his knights sit at the Round Table.    
A series of murals in the "summer-house" of Runkelstein
castle illustrate the King Arthur cycle and the        
adventures of one of the knights,possibly Gawein.
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King Arthur and his knights sit at the Round Table. A series of murals in th...

A wounded knight is found by a knight of King Arthur's 
court. Mural in the "summer-house" of Runkelstein      
castle, illustrating the King Arthur-legend.
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A wounded knight is found by a knight of King Arthur's court. Mural in the "sum...

Three giants appear between a group of knights in      
armour, while an unidentified knight greets King Arthur
Murals in the "summer-house" of Runkelstein castle     
illustrate the King Arthur-cycle.
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Three giants appear between a group of knights in armour, while an unident...

A knight and some foreign visitors are greeted at      
the gate of a castle.Murals in the "summer-house"      
of Runkelstein castle illustrate the King Arthur-      
cycle.
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A knight and some foreign visitors are greeted at the gate of a castle.Mur...

A giant brings a prisoner and his horse to King        
Arthur's tent.Murals in the "summer-house" of Runkel-  
stein castle illustrate the King Arthur-cycle.
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A giant brings a prisoner and his horse to King Arthur's tent.Murals in...

Murals in the church of the Benedictine monastery of   
Lambach,Upper Austria.The frescos,late-Ottonian,date   
from before 1090.Herod on his deathbed,prevented from  
taking his own life;his wife and sister and the exe-   
cutioner who strangled Antipater;devils in the arcades.
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Murals in the church of the Benedictine monastery of Lambach,Upper Austria.Th...