batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l2787-l2801

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record_id: batch.motif.buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg-l2787-l2801
source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
passage_locator:
  label: TABLE II. / THE KALILAG AND DAMNAG LITERATURE. / TABLE III. / THE BARLAAM
    AND JOSAPHAT SERIES.; lines 2787-2801
  start: '2787'
  end: '2801'
  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 gives bibliographic notes on the Gesta Romanorum, describing
    it as a tale collection with moralizations made in England around 1300, later
    circulated and revised on the Continent, printed in the fifteenth century, and
    including a tale that quotes Barlaam. It also notes that The Seven Sages contains
    some Buddhist tales.
  language: English
  quote_policy: summarized
literal_observations:
- id: obs:1
  text: The Gesta Romanorum is described as a collection of tales with lengthy moralizations,
    probably sermons, made in England about 1300.
  category: attribute
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:1
- id: obs:2
  text: The Gesta Romanorum is said to have passed to the Continent and to have been
    repeatedly rewritten in manuscripts with additions and alterations.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:2
- id: obs:3
  text: Three printed editions of the Gesta Romanorum are said to have appeared between
    1472 and 1475.
  category: sequence
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:3
- id: obs:4
  text: Tale No. 168 of the Gesta Romanorum is said to quote Barlaam.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:4
- id: obs:5
  text: The Seven Sages is said to contain some Buddhist tales.
  category: relationship
  evidence_refs:
  - ev:5
figures: []
roles: []
symbols: []
scenes: []
candidate_motifs: []
comparison_claims: []
evidence:
- id: ev:1
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2787-2789
  quote_or_summary: The Gesta Romanorum is described as a collection of tales with
    lengthy moralizations, probably sermons, made in England around 1300.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:2
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2789-2791
  quote_or_summary: The work is said to have passed to the Continent and to have been
    repeatedly rewritten in many manuscripts with additions and alterations.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:3
  type: summary
  locator: lines 2791-2793
  quote_or_summary: Three printed editions are reported between 1472 and 1475, one
    containing 181 stories and serving as the source of the work now known by this
    title.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; summarized.
- id: ev:4
  type: quote
  locator: lines 2793-2794
  quote_or_summary: Tale No. 168 quotes Barlaam.
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
- id: ev:5
  type: quote
  locator: lines 2799-2801
  quote_or_summary: The Seven Sages “also contains some Buddhist tales.”
  source_text_path: texts/public-domain/buddhist/project-gutenberg/buddhist-birth-stories-volume-1-rhys-davids.md
  rights_note: Public domain source; short quotation.
confidence:
  extraction: high
  motif_candidates: low
  comparison_claims: low
  notes: The passage is bibliographic and does not narrate a mythic episode or describe
    symbols. It supports textual-history observations but not passage-level motif
    extraction.
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 figures, scenes, symbols, candidate motifs, or comparison claims were extracted because the passage contains bibliographic commentary rather than narrative content.
  batch_run_id=motif-extraction-2026-04-28-high-priority
  custom_id=motif_extract:buddhist-jataka-birth-stories-rhys-davids-gutenberg__l2787-l2801
  passage_sha256=8500292104f2725cd73323f48d5ffa1882ae25d1a26a55b7ba404fec9ecd327a