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Durendal, also spelled Durandal, is the sword of Roland, a legendary paladin and partially historical officer of Charlemagne in French epic literature. It is also said to have belonged to young Charlemagne at one point, and, passing through Saracen hands, came to be owned by Roland. The sword has been given various provenances. Several of the works of the Matter of France agree that it was forged by Wayland the Smith, who is commonly cited as a maker of weapons in chivalric romances.
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Durandal is a novel of historical fiction by Harold Lamb. The first part of a 1931 novel, it was published as a stand-alone book titled simply Durandal in 1981 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,875 copies of which 400 were boxed and signed by the artists. Intended as the first part in a proposed trilogy, it was followed in 1983 by Sea of Ravens, comprising the second section of the 1931 novel. A final volume to complete the trilogy, to be titled Rusadan, has yet to be published. The Donald M. Grant editions contain Lamb's original introductions, something which the 1931 novel didn't do. In this original introduction to Durandal, Lamb commented, “the legend that the Arabs took the sword of Roland with them to Africa and hence to Asia Minor, I have seen and read, but cannot recall where or when. A reading of The Song of Roland does not yield any mention of the sword Durandal after the death of the hero. It is just as reasonable to assume that the sword was taken by the Arabs as that it remained lying under Roland’s body until the Franks arrived on the battlefield a good many hours later.” Lamb's original novel titled Durandal: a Crusader in the Horde, was published in 1931 by Doubleday and consisted of three stories which first appeared in Adventure in 1926 & 1927, linked by additional material into a whole.
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Durandal
the miraculous sword of Orlando, with which he could cleave mountains at a blow.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of durandal in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of durandal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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