[Footnote 39: The Greek text was first published in 1832 by Boissonade, in his _Anecdota Græca_, vol. iv. The title, as given in some MSS. is: Ἱστορία ψυχωφελὴς ἐκ τῆς ἐνδοτέρας τῶν Αἰθιόπων χώρας, τῆς Ἰνδῶν λεγομένης, πρὸς τὴν ἁγίαν πόλιν μετενεχθεῖσα διὰ Ἰωάννου τοῦ μοναχοῦ [other MSS. read, συγγράφεισα παρα τοῦ ἁγιου πατρος ἠμων Ἰωαννου τοῦ Δαμασκηνοῦ], ἀνδρὸς τιμίου καὶ ἐναρέτου μονῆς τοῦ ἁγίου Σάβα· ἐν ᾗ ὁ βίος Βαρλαάμ καὶ Ἰωάσαφ τῶν ἀοιδίμων καὶ μακαρίων. Joannes Monachus occurs as the name of the author in other works of Joannes Damascenus. See Leo Allatius, Prolegomena, p. L., in _Damasceni Opera Omnia_. Ed. Lequien, 1748. Venice. At the end the author says: Ἐως ὧδε τὸ πέρας τοῦ παρόντος λόγου, ὃν κατὰ δύναμιν ἐμὴν γεγράφηκα, καθὼς ἀκήκοα παρὰ τῶν ἀψευδῶς παραδεδωκότων μοι τιμίων ἀνδρῶν. Γένοιτο δὲ ἠμᾶς, τοὺς ἀναγινώκοντάς τε καὶ ἀκούοντας τὴν ψυχωφελῆ διήγησιν ταύτην, τῆς μερίδος ἀξιωθῆναι τῶν εὐαρεστησάντων τῷ κυρίῳ εὐχαῖς καὶ πρεσβείαις Βαρλαὰμ καὶ Ἰωάσαφ τῶν μακαρίων, περὶ ὧν ἠ διήγησις. See also Wiener, _Jahrbücher_, vol. lxiii. pp. 44-83; vol. lxxii. pp. 274-288; vol. lxxiii. pp. 176-202.] [Footnote 40: Littré, _Journal des Savants_, 1865, p. 337.] [Footnote 41: The _Martyrologium Romanum_, whatever its authority may be, states distinctly that the acts of Barlaam and Josaphat were written by Sanctus Joannes Damascenus. “Apud Indos Persis finitimos sanctorum Barlaam et Josaphat, quorum actus mirandos sanctus Joannes Damascenus conscripsit.” See Leonis Allatii Prolegomena, in _Joannis Damasceni Opera_, ed. Lequien, vol. i. p. xxvi. He adds: “Et Gennadius Patriarcha per Concil. Florent. cap. 5: οὐχ ἥττον δὲ καὶ ὁ Ἰωάννης ὁ μέγας τοῦ Δαμασκοῆ ὀφθαλμὸς ἐν τῷ βίῳ Βαρλαὰμ καὶ Ἰωσάφατ τῶν Ἰνδῶν μαρτυρεῖ λέγων.”] [Footnote 42: The story of the caskets, well known from the _Merchant of Venice_, occurs in _Barlaam and Josaphat_, though it is used there for a different purpose.] [Footnote 43: Cf. Benfey, _Pantschatantra_, vol. i. p. 80; vol. ii. p. 528; _Les Avadanas, Contes et Apologues indiens_, par Stanislas Julien, i. pp. 132, 191; _Gesta Romanorum_, cap. 168; _Homáyun Nameh_, cap. iv.; Grimm, _Deutsche Mythologie_, pp. 758, 759; Liebrecht, _Jahrbücher für Rom. und Engl. Literatur_, 1860.] [Footnote 44: _Lalita Vistara_, ed. Calcutt., p. 126.] [Footnote 45: Ibid., p. 225.] [Footnote 46: See M. M.’s _Chips from a German Workshop_, Amer. ed., vol. i. p. 207.]