Glastonbury Abbey | cinematic video | 4K HDR 10 bit Dolby Vision

Glastonbury Abbey | cinematic video | 4K HDR 10 bit Dolby Vision What is now known as Glastonbury was, in ancient times, called the Isle of Avalon. It is virtually an island, for it is completely surrounded by marshlands. In Welsh it is called Ynys Afallach, which means the Island of Apples and this fruit once grew in great abundance. After the Battle of Camlann, a noblewoman called Morgan, later the ruler and patroness of these parts as well as being a close blood-relation of King Arthur, carried him off to the island, now known as Glastonbury, so that his wounds could be cared for. Years ago the district had also been called Ynys Gutrin in Welsh, that is the Island of Glass, and from these words the invading Saxons later coined the place-name “Glastingebury“. Lead cross inscribed with Arthur's epitaph, published in William Camden's Britannia (1607) Around 1190, monks at Glastonbury Abbey claimed to have discovered the bones of Arthur and his wife Guinevere. The discovery of the burial is described by chroniclers, notably Gerald, as being just after King Henry II's reign when the new abbot of Glastonbury, Henry de Sully, commissioned a search of the abbey grounds. At a depth of 5 m (16 feet), the monks were said to have discovered an unmarked tomb with a massive treetrunk coffin and, also buried, a lead cross bearing the inscription: Hic jacet sepultus inclitus rex Arturius in insula Avalonia. (“Here lies entombed the renowned king Arthur in the island of Avalon.“) Accounts of the exact inscription vary, with five different versions existing. One popular today, made famous by Malory, claims “Here lies Arthur, the king that was and the king that shall be“ (Hic iacet Arthurus, Rex quondam, Rexque futurus), also known in the variant “the once and future king“ (rex quondam et futurus). The earliest is by Gerald in Liber de Principis instructione c. 1193, who wrote that he viewed the cross in person and traced the lettering. His transcript reads: “Here lies buried the famous Arthurus with Wenneveria his second wife in the isle of Avalon“ (Hic jacet sepultus inclitus rex Arthurus cum Wenneveria uxore sua secunda in insula Avallonia). He wrote that inside the coffin were two bodies, whom Giraldus refers to as Arthur and “his queen“; the bones of the male body were described as being gigantic. Wikipedia source Tintangel Castle the place where King Arthur was born Shot on iPhone 12 Pro Max Dji osmo 4 Edited in LUMAFUSION mobile app Music from YouTube Studio