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Joseph’s 42-year vigil
42 years
Recorded
Robert de Boron’s Joseph of Arimathea keeps the Grail forty-two years · not Chrétien’s Fisher King
The 42 is Joseph’s vigil in Robert de Boron / the Vulgate Estoire. Johnson interprets; he is not the 42.
What it supports
A received literary duration with named editions (O’Gorman 1995 ll. 2890–2912; Ponceau 1997 §312).
What it does not
Not Chrétien’s wounded king. Not a sky clock.
ExactnessCount
Form42 as duration
Unityears
Strengthattested
Whenc. 1200