batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15822-l15850
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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l15822-l15850
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
label: BY E. H. PALMER, M.A., / ORIENTAL RELIGIONS IN THEIR RELATION TO UNIVERSAL
RELIGION. / BY SAMUEL JOHNSON. / INDIAN TALES FROM TIBETAN SOURCES.; lines 15822-15850
start: '15822'
end: '15850'
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 list of works: The Poems of Hafiz of
Shiraz translated by E. H. Palmer; Oriental Religions in Their Relation to Universal
Religion by Samuel Johnson, second section on China; and Indian Tales from Tibetan
Sources, translated from Tibetan into German by Anton Schiefner and rendered into
English with notes by W. R. S. Ralston.'
language: English
quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
text: The passage lists The Poems of Hafiz of Shiraz as translated from Persian
into English verse by E. H. Palmer.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:2
text: E. H. Palmer is described as Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: obs:3
text: The passage lists Oriental Religions in Their Relation to Universal Religion
by Samuel Johnson, specifically the second section on China.
category: object
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
- id: obs:4
text: The passage lists Indian Tales from Tibetan Sources as translated from Tibetan
into German with introductions by Anton Schiefner and rendered into English with
notes by W. R. S. Ralston.
category: relationship
evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: obs:5
text: Each listed work is described as available in post octavo cloth format, and
The Poems of Hafiz of Shiraz is described as being in two volumes.
category: attribute
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:2
- ev:3
figures:
- id: fig:1
name_or_label: E. H. Palmer
description: Translator of The Poems of Hafiz of Shiraz from Persian into English
verse; Professor of Arabic at the University of Cambridge.
role_refs:
- role:1
- role:2
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: fig:2
name_or_label: Samuel Johnson
description: Author of Oriental Religions in Their Relation to Universal Religion.
role_refs:
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evidence_refs:
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- id: fig:3
name_or_label: Anton Schiefner
description: Translator of Indian Tales from Tibetan Sources from Tibetan into German,
with introductions; associated with the Imperial Academy of St. Petersburg.
role_refs:
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evidence_refs:
- ev:3
- id: fig:4
name_or_label: W. R. S. Ralston
description: Rendered Indian Tales from Tibetan Sources into English with notes.
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evidence_refs:
- ev:3
roles:
- id: role:1
label: translator or renderer
assigned_to:
- fig:1
- fig:3
- fig:4
basis: The passage explicitly describes these figures as translating or rendering
works between languages.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- ev:3
- id: role:2
label: academic
assigned_to:
- fig:1
basis: E. H. Palmer is identified as Professor of Arabic in the University of Cambridge.
evidence_refs:
- ev:1
- id: role:3
label: author
assigned_to:
- fig:2
basis: Samuel Johnson is named after the title Oriental Religions in Their Relation
to Universal Religion, indicating authorship in the bibliographic listing.
evidence_refs:
- ev:2
symbols: []
scenes: []
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
type: summary
locator: lines 15822-15829
quote_or_summary: The Poems of Hafiz of Shiraz is listed as translated from Persian
into English verse by E. H. Palmer, Professor of Arabic at Cambridge, in two post
octavo cloth volumes.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:2
type: summary
locator: lines 15830-15837
quote_or_summary: Oriental Religions in Their Relation to Universal Religion is
listed as by Samuel Johnson, second section on China, in post octavo cloth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted.
- id: ev:3
type: summary
locator: lines 15838-15850
quote_or_summary: Indian Tales from Tibetan Sources is listed as translated from
Tibetan into German with introductions by Anton Schiefner and rendered into English
with notes by W. R. S. Ralston, in post octavo cloth.
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
rights_note: Public domain source; summarized rather than quoted.
confidence:
extraction: high
motif_candidates: high
comparison_claims: high
notes: The passage is bibliographic advertising material rather than a narrative
or doctrinal passage; no mythological motif, symbol, scene, or comparison claim
is supported by the supplied 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 refs were applied because the passage contains only publication listings and no supported mythological content.
batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
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