The Da Vinci Con:
Fact and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code

"The word Sangreal derives from San Greal -- or Holy Grail. But in its most ancient form, the word Sangreal was divided in a different spot." . . . Sang Real literally meant Royal Blood. (p. 249-50)

The meaning and derivation of the term ‘Holy Grail’: Truth

The earliest form was simply graal, a common noun referring to a serving dish.

The word was first used to indicate a particular (initially mysterious and later specifically holy) object by Chretien de Troyes in the late twelfth century.

The dish of the Last Supper and the vessel of the Deposition was offered by Robert de Boron in the early thirteenth century.

The form described by Brown as 'the most ancient' first occurred, in fact, some 250 years later, with Henry Lovelich, in the mid-fifteenth century.

(Norris J. Lacy, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of French and Medieval Studies at Pensylvania State University, "The Da Vinci Code: Dan Brown and the Grail that Never Was" (Arthuriana 14.3: 2004) p. 87)

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The Da Vinci Con: Fact and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code

The meaning and derivation of the term ‘Holy Grail’: DVC

The meaning and derivation of the term ‘Holy Grail’: Truth

The Da Vinci Con:
Fact and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code