Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22981
(formerly occ/6876)

	+ ὁ μικρὸς ὄντως τὴν φύσιν οὐ τοῖς τρόποις:
	στεφη\|φορεῖται δαυὶδ τὰς μυριάδας:·
	ἐπεὶ σαοὺλ παρῆλθεν ἐν χιλιάσιν:- \|
	ὁ μεν γὰρ εἰς αὔξησιν αὐτὰς τοῦ γένους:·
	ἄνακτα χριστὸν ὡς θεὸν προδεικνύει:
	ὁ δὲ ξένως παρῆκε τόνδε τοὺς τύπους

Type(s)	[5693] Ὁ μικρὸς ὄντως τὴν φύσιν, οὐ τοῖς τρόποις (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	926-975
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 1 [926-975]
Place in Manuscript	f. 263r
Person(s)	Patron Leon Sakellarios (10th c.) - PMBZ: 26573: "Personenkennziffer: 24419"
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink, in Spitzbogenmajuskel.
Contextual information	The epigram surrounds a miniature depicting the anointing of David.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	David Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Reg.gr.1.pt.B/0027
Bibliography	Primary C. Mango 2011, The Epigrams, in P. Canart (ed.), La Bible du Patrice Léon. Codex Reginensis Graecus 1, Città del Vaticano, 59-79: 71-72 T. Mathews 1977, The Epigrams of Leo Sacellarios and an Exegetical Approach to the Miniatures of Vat. Reg. Gr. 1, Orientalia Christiana periodica, 43, 94-134: 130 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 485-486 Secondary M. Lauxtermann, 2003, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 1), Vienna: 348
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[19638] ἁλκῆς φέρων μίμημα καὶ κράτ(ους) λέων [13th c.] BASEL - Universitetsbibliotek A.N.IV.02 [12th c.] (f. 265v) (2 verses) (1/6) [19649] ἁλκῆς φέρων μίμημα (καὶ) κράτους λέ(...) [13th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. T. inf. 1 3 [12th c.] (f. 153r) (2 verses) (1/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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