batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15528-l15557
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source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
label: BY JOHN DOWSON, M.R.A.S., / SELECTIONS FROM THE KORAN. / BY EDWARD WILLIAM
LANE, / EXTRACT FROM PREFACE.; lines 15528-15557
start: '15528'
end: '15557'
translation: Buddhist birth stories; or, Jataka tales, Volume 1
notes: Generated from OpenAI Batch run motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority;
human review required.
canonical_text:
quote: ''
summary: The passage is a publisher-style notice for Edward William Lane's Selections
from the Koran, naming Lane's credentials, noting a revised and enlarged edition
with an introduction by Stanley Lane Poole, excerpting a preface about the purpose
and reception of the work, and giving format and price details.
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
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text: The passage advertises or describes a work titled Selections from the Koran.
category: object
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- id: obs:2
text: Edward William Lane is named as the author or arranger associated with the
work and is described with scholarly credentials and prior publications.
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text: The edition is described as revised and enlarged and includes an introduction
by Stanley Lane Poole.
category: object
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- id: obs:4
text: The preface excerpt says the selections were arranged to satisfy interest
in the sacred book of the Mohammadans while avoiding a complete reading of the
Koran.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:4
- id: obs:5
text: The passage states that students of Arabic and native Muslims of India ignorant
of Arabic used Lane's Selections.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: obs:6
text: The passage includes a favorable quoted notice about Mr. Poole from the Englishman,
Calcutta.
category: speech
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: obs:7
text: The passage gives book format, page count, binding, and price information.
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evidence_refs:
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figures:
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name_or_label: Edward William Lane
description: Named in connection with Selections from the Koran and described as
a scholar, translator, and author.
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evidence_refs:
- ev:2
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name_or_label: Stanley Lane Poole
description: Named as the writer of the introduction to the revised and enlarged
edition and praised in a quoted notice.
role_refs:
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evidence_refs:
- ev:3
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- id: fig:3
name_or_label: students of Arabic
description: A group described as having found Lane's Selections an accurate rendering
of a large part of the Koran.
role_refs:
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evidence_refs:
- ev:5
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: native Muslims of India ignorant of Arabic
description: A group described as having used Lane's Selections as their Bible.
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evidence_refs:
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roles:
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label: compiler or translator of selections
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: The passage associates Lane with Selections from the Koran and says he arranged
the selections published in 1843.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- ev:4
- id: role:2
label: introduction writer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: The passage says the new edition includes an introduction by Stanley Lane
Poole.
evidence_refs:
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- id: role:3
label: praised biographer
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: A quoted notice calls Mr. Poole a generous and learned biographer.
evidence_refs:
- ev:6
- id: role:4
label: readers or users of the book
assigned_to:
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: The passage describes students of Arabic and native Muslims of India as users
of Lane's Selections.
evidence_refs:
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symbols: []
scenes:
- id: scene:1
label: Publication notice for Selections from the Koran
summary: The passage presents bibliographic, promotional, and preface material for
Lane's Selections from the Koran, including its purpose, reception, editorial
additions, and sale details.
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- fig:1
- fig:2
- fig:3
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symbol_refs: []
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- ev:3
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candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: citation
locator: lines 15528-15530
quote_or_summary: The notice names Selections from the Koran and Edward William
Lane.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 15530-15536
quote_or_summary: Lane is described with honorary memberships, scholarly affiliations,
and prior works including The Thousand and One Nights and an Arabic-English Lexicon.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 15538-15540
quote_or_summary: The work is described as a new revised and enlarged edition with
an introduction by Stanley Lane Poole.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:4
type: summary
locator: lines 15542-15548
quote_or_summary: The preface excerpt says Lane arranged the selections to answer
public interest in the sacred book of the Mohammadans without requiring complete
perusal of the Koran.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:5
type: summary
locator: lines 15548-15552
quote_or_summary: The passage says students of Arabic regarded the work as an accurate
rendering of a large part of the Koran, and that native Muslims of India ignorant
of Arabic used it as their Bible.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:6
type: summary
locator: lines 15554-15556
quote_or_summary: A notice from the Englishman, Calcutta praises Mr. Poole as a
generous and learned biographer who presents facts in a condensed and readable
form.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
- id: ev:7
type: citation
locator: line 15557
quote_or_summary: The notice gives format, page count, cloth binding, and price
of 14 shillings.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; concise summary used.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is a bibliographic and promotional notice rather than a mythological
narrative; no motif or symbol candidates are supported by the provided text.
reviewer_status:
status: needs_review
reviewer: ''
reviewed_at: ''
notes: Machine-generated draft from OpenAI Batch; not human-reviewed.
extracted_by: openai_batch:gpt-5.5
extracted_at: '2026-04-28'
notes: |-
No available taxonomy motif or symbol references were applied because the passage contains no supported mythic motif, narrative pattern, or listed symbol.
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