702611 Page from The Legend of Barlaam and Ioasaph, attributed to St. John of Damascus, Aleppo, 1639 (pen & in and w/c on vellum) by Syrian School, (17th century); 39.5x26 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Christianised version of the story of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha p.38 a turbanned man holds onto the branches of two trees to keep himself from falling into the jaws of a dragon and its accompanying serpents, two mice, one black for night and one white for day, gnaw through the branches); Photo 穢 Christie\'s Images; Syrian, out of copyright.