[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Middle Ages (700 – 1500)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval) › [Indian story lineages in Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.narrative) › Barlaam and Josaphat (Latin "vulgate" version) # 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](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.lalitavistara) ## Versions and retellings - [Balaham et Josaphas](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.fro.barlaam-gui-de-cambrai) - [La Vie de seint Josaphaz](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.fro.barlaam-chardri) - [Barlaam and Josaphat (Middle English)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.en.barlaam) - [Barlaam und Josaphat](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.de.barlaam-rudolf) - [Legenda aurea](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.narrative.legenda-aurea.180) - [Speculum maius](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.vincent-beauvais) - [Barlaam i Josafat](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.ca.barlaam) - [Storia di Barlaam e Josafat](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.it.barlaam) - [Vida de Barlaão e Josafate](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.pt.barlaam) ## Translates - [Barlaam e Josafat](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.es.barlaam) - [Barlaam i Josafat](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.ca.barlaam) - [Vida de Barlaão e Josafate](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.pt.barlaam) - [Storia di Barlaam e Josafat](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.it.barlaam) - [Barlaams saga ok Jósafats](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.eu.non.barlaams-saga) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.narrative.barlaam](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.narrative.barlaam) · Pramāṇa