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Pilda inorogului sau Pilda omului cu urmăritori multipli în manuscrise româneşti
The Unicorn’s Parable or Parable of Man with Multiple Pursuers Within Romanian Manuscripts

Author(s): Cătălina Velculescu
Subject(s): History
Published by: Muzeul National al Unirii Alba Iulia
Keywords: unicorn’s parable; asps; mice; dragon; Varlaam and Ioasaf; Life of the Saints; alternative pursuers; lion; camel; bear; snake; crocodile; many crawling beasts; independent circulation of the parable

Summary/Abstract: The unicorn’s parable was known by the Romanian readers through the novel Varlaam and Ioasaf, but also by its independent re-copying after sellections of Byzantine literature such as Life of the Saints. Sometimes pursuers of human being differ from those known through the remembered novel, meaning in certain writings such as: Bible, Paterikon, Kniga izmaragd etc. Similarly, special attention is paid to manuscript copysts (in this case, the majority from Transylvania), as active carriers of culture in Romanian language.

  • Issue Year: 51/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 263-307
  • Page Count: 45
  • Language: Romanian