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F. 6a: "The legend of the man in the pit," from the Book of Barlaam and Josaphat.
Original catalogue wording
F. 6a: "The legend of the man in the pit," from the Book of Barlaam and Josaphat. The creatures that gnaw at the tree are "two mice" and not "two locusts" as in E. A. Wallis Budge, which shows either that the work was translated twice or that the copy- ist has corrupted ana~ut to anabett. See E. Cerulli, "The 'Kalilah wa-Dimnah' and the Ethiopic 'Book of Barlaam and Josaphat' (British Museum Ms. Or. 534)" in JSS vol. 9-1964 (1969), pp. 75-99; and Getatchew Haile, "The 'Kalilah wa-Dimna' and the 'Mazmura Krestos, ,,, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Ethiopian Studies, Chicago-r¥orthcoming).
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- Holding institution
- Monastery of ~ayq Estifanos, Ambassal, Wallo
- Shelfmark
- EMML 2046
- Folio
- 6a
- Catalogue source
- Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library (EMML) catalogues
- Source record
- EMML Catalogue, volume 6, PDF page 60