Hebrew

"The only surviving Hebrew romance is Mēlek Arṭǔś (King Arthur), a fragmentary translation from the Mort Artu and the Estoire de Merlin done in the Umbria/Tuscany area in 1279 – very early for Italy. This text contains two episodes: the deception of ‘Izerna’ and the conception of Arthur; and the adultery of ‘Zinevra’ and Lancelot. It is preceded by an intriguing defense of its secular project: ‘it is possible to learn wisdom and ethics from these fables concerning a man’s conduct towards himself and his fellow man. Therefore they are neither idle nor profane talk.’"

— The Arthur of the Italians - The Arthurian Legend in Medieval Italian Literature and Culture edited by Gloria Allaire and F. Regina Psaki

• King Artus translated by Curt Leviant