ABSTRACT
This essay, by focusing squarely on the textual evidence, attempts to get past the issue of projection. Regardless of the modern critic's own religious orientation, in medieval Europe the turtledove symbol exercised an exemplary function with a decidedly Christian core. The stone is also called the Grail. This very day there comes to it a message wherein lies its greatest power. Today is Good Friday, and they await there a dove, winging down from Heaven. 2 —Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival
