This fragment contains two passages from Barlaam und Josaphat by
Rudolph von Ems. This double leaf was removed from the front cover
of the account record of All Saints'Abbey with income for 1545-46
(Allerheiligen AA 1/1545-1546). Rudolf von Ems used a Latin model
as the basis for his romance Barlaam und Josaphat, which consisted
of 16,244 verses. Composed in about 1225 for a courtly audience,
the work enjoyed great popularity during the late Middle Ages.
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