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Rudolf von Ems: Barlaam und Josaphat – Fragment

Parchment · Two loose leaves formerly used as a wrapper · 1276 – 1325 CE · Eastern High Alemannic region · 256 x 195 mm

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Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, C 79c, ff. 3–4
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Rudolf von Ems: Barlaam und Josaphat (Fragment), Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, C 79c, ff. 3–4 (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-i0jx)
Scholarly descriptions
  • Siegmund Prillwitz, Überlieferungsstudie zum 'Barlaam und Josaphat' des Rudolf von Ems. Eine textkritisch-stemmatologische Untersuchung, Kopenhagen 1975
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  • Leo Cunibert Mohlberg, Mittelalterliche Handschriften, Zürich 1951 (Katalog der Handschriften der Zentralbibliothek Zürich I)
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  • Melinda Lisa Michel / Luc Etienne Murat, Fragmentarium 2025
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Century
13th century
14th century
Text Language
German
Script Type
Northern Textualis
Persons
Rudolf von Ems, 1200-1254 (Author)
Summary

The 30th fragment of Rudolfs von Ems's "Barlaam und Josaphat", containing vv. 10746–953 and 11331–454, is a bifolium dating back to the 13th–14th century. This text is a significant medieval German adaptation of the tale of "Barlaam und Josaphat", a Christianized version of Buddha's life story.

Summary Author
Melinda Lisa Michel, Bonn; Luc Etienne Murat, Fribourg
External Resources
↗ Handschriftencensus
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