Barlaam and Josaphat (Latin "vulgate" version) (Historia Barlaam et Iosaphat)

The Christianised life of the Buddha: Josaphat, son of the Indian king Abenner, is shut away from sorrow, meets a leper, a blind man and an old man, and is converted by the hermit Barlaam.

Language

Latin

Date

1048–1150 CE

Text

not yet digitised (catalogue entry)

Based on

• Lalitavistara

Versions and retellings

• Balaham et Josaphas
• La Vie de seint Josaphaz
• Barlaam and Josaphat (Middle English)
• Barlaam und Josaphat
• Legenda aurea
• Speculum maius
• Barlaam i Josafat
• Storia di Barlaam e Josafat
• Vida de Barlaão e Josafate

Translates

• Barlaam e Josafat
• Barlaam i Josafat
• Vida de Barlaão e Josafate
• Storia di Barlaam e Josafat
• Barlaams saga ok Jósafats