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... > Religion and Magic > Christian religion > saints > male saints (with NAME) > the conversion of the young prince Josaphat by the hermit Barlaam > personal devotion of St. Barlaam & Josaphat > the conversion of the young prince Josaphat by the hermit Barlaam, who tells him the parable of the frailty of human happiness > representations of the parable of the frailty of human happiness: a man pursued by a unicorn clings to a tree in which there is a beehive dripping honey; a white and a black rat gnaw at the roots of a tree, and below yawns a chasm in which a monster lies in wait for him

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11H(BARLAAM & JOSAPHAT)311representations of the parable of the frailty of human happiness: a man pursued by a unicorn clings to a tree in which there is a beehive dripping honey; a white and a black rat gnaw at the roots of a tree, and below yawns a chasm in which a monster lies in wait for him  

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Subject

  • Barlaam (St.)
  • bee-hive
  • black
  • Christian religion
  • conversation
  • conversion
  • hanging
  • happiness
  • hermit
  • honeycomb
  • Josaphat (St.)
  • monster
  • pit
  • prince
  • rat
  • religion
  • root
  • saint
  • supernatural
  • tree
  • unicorn
  • white

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  • 11H(BARLAAM & JOSAPHAT)311

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http://iconclass.org/11H%28BARLAAM+%26+JOSAPHAT%29311

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