Varlaam kai Iōasaph / Iōannou Damaskēnou ; metaphrazei ho Nikēphoros Venetzas ; ekdidei hē Isavella On. Tsavarē
Publisher: Dēmos Hērakleiou ; Vikelaia Vivliothēkē
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Hērakleio
Language: gre
Number of pages: 217
Subjects: Legends; Early works to 1800; Christian saints; Romances; Princes
Other titles: Barlaam kai Iōasaph; Barlaam and Joasaph. Greek. 1992.
Work titles: Barlaam and Joasaph Greek 1992
Notes: "Sēmeiōseis": p. 24-26.

According to the Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Barlaam and Ioasaph is a prose romance of uncertain date and authorship. "A story beneficial for the soul", it describes the conversion to Christianity of the Indian prince Ioasaph by the hermit Barlaam and the subsequent conversion of King Abenner by his son Ioasaph. The plot provides the opportunity to develop the principles of the Christian creed and its advantages over paganism. One of the most widely read Greek texts of the Middle Ages, it survives in over 140 MSS. For more, cf. ODB., s.v. Barlaam and Ioasaph.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Eisagōgē; title: To keimeno; title: Kritiko hypomnēma; title: Hē glōssa; title: Hermēneutiko glōssario; title: Pinakes cheirographōn.