La Damigella di Scalot

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La Damigella di Scalot is a thirteenth-century

Sir Lancelot and the subsequent death of the lady by lovesickness
.

The character of the Lady of Scalot is based on the

Arthurian legend of Elaine of Astolat. British Romantic poet Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote a poem on the same topic titled "The Lady of Shalott", a lyrical ballad which sets the story on an island in the river "flowing down to Camelot". It adds the element of a mysterious curse by fear of which she never leaves her fortress and passes the time by weaving a tapestry
of "shadows" seen through her mirror.

The original story from Il Novellino, translated in English

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