Medieval Sources
The story of Sir Balin and his brother Balan is found in Sir Thomas Malory's epic retelling of the Arthurian legend, Le Morte d'Arthur. Malory based his tale on the continuation of the second book of the Old French post-Vulgate cycle of Arthurian Grail legend, the Suite du Merlin, dating to the mid-thirteenth century. The Suite du Merlin survives in only two copies: British Museum Add. 38117 and Cambridge Add. 7071, both dating to the fourteenth century.
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