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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 mmF-i0jx
Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, C 79c
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German
German
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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.
(Melinda Lisa Michel, Bonn; Luc Etienne Murat, Fribourg)
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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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Rudolf von Ems: Barlaam und Josaphat
Parchment · Two loose leaves formerly used as a wrapper · 1276 – 1325 CE · Eastern High Alemannic region · 256 x 195 mmF-i0jx
Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, C 79c
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Rudolf von Ems: Barlaam und Josaphat (Fragment),
Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, C 79c, ff. 3–4
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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 mmF-i0jx
Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, C 79c
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Century
- 13th century
- 14th century
Text Language
- German
Script Type
- Northern Textualis
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- Pen
- Red
Rudolf von Ems, 1200-1254
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