Oriental wit and wisdom, or, the "Laughable stories" / collected by Mar Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus ; translated from the Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge.

  • Bar Hebraeus, 1226-1286.
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Oriental wit and wisdom, or, the "Laughable stories" / collected by Mar Gregory John Bar-Hebraeus ; translated from the Syriac by E. A. Wallis Budge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Abraham 32. Abraham, disciple of Sisoes 43. 45- Actors, stories of 129—139. Agathon, Abba 42, 46. Ahmad ibn Abd el-Aziz 27. Aleppo 148. Alexander the Great, 8, 10, letter to his mother 12, 13; glass vessels broken by 14; his chastity 15; his saying about the Amazons 15. Alexander, History of, quoted 12, 16. Alexander, the soldier 10. Alexandria 10. Al-Ma'mun 60. Amazons 16. Ammon, Abba 46, 52, 53, 55. Angels 46. Antony, Abba 38, 41, 52, 53. Ape and the dog, story of 91. Apostles 123. April 23. Arab ascetics, sayings of, 70—79. Aramean 3. Araunah 134. Ardashir 21, 26, 80. Aristotle 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 182. Arithmetic 151. Arsenius 38, 39, 40, 52. Arteries, the 83. Babel 99. Babylon 99. Bagdad 59, 60. Bakhtagan 18. Barber, story of 122. Bazarjamhir, sayings and stories of, 18, 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27. Behnam,Mar, Monastery of 158. Beasts, irrational, stories of speech of, 90—94. Benjamin 32. Bile, the red ] Bile, the black 1 Birdcatcher and the sparrow 93. Blacksmith and the woman, story of 124. Blood, the 83. Brethren, the two who took wives, 47. Butcher, story of a, 115. “Butter of Wisdom” quoted 183. Buzurjumihr 18.