Book XII

., is the name of a tree, this proper name seems to be combined

from _Læh_, old French _les_ = near, and _tamreis_ (tamarisk?). The knight is, of course, Parzival. Chrêtien has not this incident; which is a proof of Wolfram's superior skill in controlling the thread of his story.

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