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{{Infobox Artifact |artifact name= Grail tablet |image=[[File:GrailTablet-TSWA.jpg|250px]] |culture=[[Europe|Medieval European]] |discovery date= |location=Mountains north of [[Ankara]] |discoverer=Donovan's engineers |collector=[[Walter Donovan]] }} The '''Grail tablet''' was one of two markers left by three brothers, [[knights of the First Crusade]], describing the location of the [[Holy Grail]]. The tablet was made of sandstone, and according to [[Indiana Jones]], used an early Latin text and was probably from the mid-12th century. With the top section of the tablet missing on its recovery, the exact location of the grail could not be determined. ==History== In the 1930s, while searching for copper in the mountains north of [[Ankara]], [[Turkey]], engineers working for [[Walter Donovan]] unearthed the artifact. Donovan kept the tablet in his [[New York City]] apartment, and used it as proof that the story of the three [[knights of the First Crusade]] who discovered the [[Holy Grail]] was true.<ref name=":0">''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]''</ref> He sent an expedition to [[Venice]] to search for the second marker which, according to [[Friar's manuscript|the account]] of a [[Franciscan friar]], was buried with [[Richard|one of the knights]]. Later, when expedition team leader [[Henry Walton Jones, Senior|Henry Jones]] disappeared, Donovan showed the tablet to Jones' [[archaeologist]] son [[Indiana Jones|Indiana]] to interest him in taking up the quest.<ref name=":0" /> With the top section missing, part of the text of the Grail tablet read:{{Quote|...who drinks the water I shall give him, says the Lord, will have a spring inside him welling up for eternal life. Let them bring me to your holy mountain in the place where you dwell. Across the desert and through the mountains to the [[Canyon of the Crescent Moon]], to the temple where the cup that holds the blood of Jesus Christ resides forever.|Translated by Indiana Jones|Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade}} Indiana Jones and his father's companion, Doctor [[Elsa Schneider]] found that the text of the complete Grail tablet matched exactly the text on the second marker, [[Richard's shield|Sir Richard's shield]] buried with him in the [[Venetian catacombs]].<ref name=":0" /> ==Behind the scenes== The Grail Tablet text is a combination of original Latin Psalms, retranslated scripture, and invented passages. The prop masters took the English psalm text and retranslated it into Latin word by word which would result in a very 'rough' effect to anyone who would try to read Latin. The tablet was made by prop manufacturer [[Paul Robins]]. There were several different versions made, with varying stone effects and edges. The tablet is made from solid plaster, with a stone effect surface. {{Quote| ... [de]us ...<br > ... [c]hristi ...<br > ...s et ...<br > ...i dedisti<br > ... [c]ruciatae<br > ... urbem christum<br > ... debemus + aq[u]...<br ><nowiki> ...] ubique ubi ...</nowiki><br ><nowiki> ...] per jesum ...</nowiki><br ><nowiki> ...] dominum ...</nowiki><br > ... [qui]squis [ ] bibit aquam ruc...<br > ... ego dabo ei [ ] habebit fontem ...<br > ...[r]a se surgentem [ ] vitae aeternae fugiu...<br > ... domine exercitum [ ] rex deorum nostru[m] ...<br > ... [b]eati illi qui habitant [ ] in aede tua dominu...<br > ... [l]audant te in secula [ ] saeculorum : sum ...<br > ...[+] tu deus es meum [ ] refugium : emit ...<br > ... [m]itte tuam lucem et [ ] veritatem + sint<br > ...em + sint hae mihi duces : ducant me ad ...<br >...[a]m sacram montem in loco quem incolis : per<br > angustias crescentis lunae : uni viro satis latas<br >: ad templum solis omnibus viris satis sanctum ...<br >e + ubi gradalis quae continet sanguinem jesu<br >christi nostri permanet in aeternum<br > tu [deu]s omnibus viris satis sa[nctus] ...|Text of the Grail tablet}} == Appearances == * ''[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade]]'' *[[Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (novel)|''Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'' novel]] *''[[Indiana Jones: The Search For Buried Treasure]]'' *''[[LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures]]'' {{Nc}} ==Sources== *''[[From Star Wars to Indiana Jones: The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives]]'' *''[[The Lost Journal of Indiana Jones]]'' *{{Topps|cardname=Summoned by Donovan|set=Indiana Jones Heritage|sformat=''Indiana Jones Heritage'' trading cards}} == Notes and references == {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://indyprops.com/pp-tablet.htm Page on the tablet prop by Indy Magnoli] [[Category:Artifacts]]
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