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
Date:
1899
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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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    CXCV. Mother Sara fought for seven years against the demon of fornication upon the roof until she had overcome him\ She used to say, “Whenever I put “my feet upon the ladder to go up, I set my death “before my eyes before I ascend CXCVI. Concerning her it is said that she dwelt in an upper chamber over the river, and that she never once looked out to see the river which passed by the side of her celP. CXCVII. There were two brethren who went back into the world and took wives, but afterwards they repented and returned [to their cells]. And when the period of their repentance was ended and they went forth from their seclusion, the countenance of the one was transformed and was sad, but the appearance of the other was fair to see and his face was radiant. Now when the fathers saw them they were doubtful ocvcn ^0.^:2790 oocn ICUj ^cn K'cn .K'io.nJaGuK' oq\ rdiirdbTD .Tm .TAG ctA , ooa»^r<'o .^jiai.n.i ^00 GCTiA^t^ ^co r^OQ .r<'lO.Tj.QQAr^ KlraK' .y<1z!>*.TX3 .K1x.‘.Td.1 ^ QQoJi.lGlA r^ctAr^ ^ ^ GJf^ rdl.a.ro KlaK' rC'VW .T^G cn^vAxi\ v\^ct3G (fol. 2 6gd, No. 551). ^ In Palladius this story ends here (fol. 270, No. 555). 2 In Palladius:—.h\CiCO rfvso ymn >^G^ AaX. 70.1x3 r<Jr<' r^^flxSioCi r<^^‘oOP V ^VlhQoK'.I (fol. 231^, No. 266). j In Palladius^ see No. 202, fol. 222^.