Diu Crône is a Middle High German

Middle High German

Middle High German , abbreviated MHG , is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350. It is preceded by Old High German and followed by Early New High German...

 Arthurian poem of about 30,000 lines, dating from around the 1220s and attributed to Heinrich von dem Türlin. The poem tells of the Knights of the Round Table's quest for the Grail

Holy Grail

The Holy Grail is a sacred object figuring in literature and certain Christian traditions, most often identified with the dish, plate, or cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and said to possess miraculous powers...

 but differs from the better-known "Percival

Percival

Percival or Perceval is one of King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table. In Welsh literature his story is allotted to the historical Peredur...

" and "Galahad

Galahad

Sir Galahad |Round Table]] and one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail in Arthurian legend. He is the illegitimate son of Lancelot and Elaine of Corbenic, and is renowned for his gallantry and purity. Emerging quite late in the medieval Arthurian tradition, he is perhaps the knightly...

" versions of the narrative: it is Sir Gawain

Gawain

Gawain is King Arthur's nephew and a Knight of the Round Table who appears very early in the Arthurian legend's development. He is one of a select number of Round Table members to be referred to as the greatest knight, most notably in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight...

 who achieves the sacred object.

Of the author little is known though it has been suggested that he was from Sankt Veit an der Glan

Sankt Veit an der Glan

Sankt Veit an der Glan is a town in the Austrian state of Carinthia. It is the capital of a district with the same name.-Location:This town is a major point on the Glan River in the north of the Zollfeld Valley....

, the capital city of the Duchy of Carinthia

Duchy of Carinthia

The Duchy of Carinthia was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia. It was separated from the Duchy of Bavaria in 976, then the first newly created Imperial State beside the original German stem duchies....

in his time.

A scholarly edition of the poem was made in 1852 by Gottlob Heinrich Friedrich Scholl (1802-1870).

Manuscripts

• Köln, Universitäts- und Stadtbibl., Cod. 5 P 62
• Heidelberg, Universitätsbibliothek, Cod. Pal. germ. 374
• Wien, Österr. Nationalbibl., Cod. 2779
• Berlin, Staatsbibl., mgf 923 Nr. 9
• Schwäbisch Hall, Stadtbibl., ohne Sign. [missing]
• Kiel, Universitätsbibl., Ms. K.B. 48l