From verse to prose
Subtitle: the Barlaam and Josaphat legend in fifteenth-century Germany
By: Salvatore Calomino.
Contributors: Rudolf, von Ems, d. ca. 1254.
Series: Scripta Humanistica ;; 63; Scripta Humanistica (Series) ;; 63.
Publisher: Scripta Humanistica
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Potomac, Md., U.S.A
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Gautama Buddha -- Legends -- History and criticism.; Barlaam and Joasaph.; German literature -- Middle High German, 1050-1500 -- History and criticism.; German literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.; Christian saints -- Cult -- History of doctrines -- Middle Ages, 600-1500.; Christian saints -- India -- Legends -- History and criticism.; Princes -- India -- Legends -- History and criticism.; Christian hagiography -- History -- To 1500.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-216).
Includes the texts of two fifteenth-century Early New High German prose revisions of Rudolf von Ems' Barlaam und Josaphat.