Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23252
(formerly occ/7205)

ἀμφοῖν προεῖπε βα|λαὰκ τὰς ἐκβάσ(ει)ς:

Type(s)	[5889] Ἀμφοῖν προεῖπε Βαλαὰμ τὰς ἐκβάσεις (1 verse)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	12th c.
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 602 [12th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 185r
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies a miniature of Balaam's fourth prophecy, located beside Numbers 24:21.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Balaam
Image source(s)	Pelekanidis (1991: plate 80)
Bibliography	Primary P. Christou, C. Mavropoulou-Tsioumi, S. Kadas, A. Kalamartze-Katsarou, 1991, Οἱ θησαυροὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους. Σειρὰ Α' Εἰκονογραφημένα χειρόγραφα. Παραστάσεις-ἐπίτιτλα-ἀρχικὰ γράμματα. Μ. Βατοπεδίου, Μ. Ζωγράφου, Μ. Σταυρονικήτα, Μ. Ξενοφῶντος (vol. 4), Athens: 263 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 436 F. Uspenskij, 1907, Konstantinopol'skij Seral'skij kodeks Vos'miknižija, Sofia: 156 K. Weitzmann, M. Bernabò, R. Tarasconi, 1999, The Byzantine Octateuchs, Princeton: 209
Number of verses	1
Related occurrence(s)	[26861] ἀμφοῖν προεῖπε \| βαλα\|ὰμ \| τὰς \| ἐκβά\|σεις [12th c.] IZMIR - Euaggelike Schole A-01 [12th c.] (f. 172v) (1 verse) (1/1) [26860] ἀμφοῖν προεῖπε \| βαλαὰμ τὰς ἐκβά\|σεις [1101-1150] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 746 [1101-1150] (f. 358v) (1 verse) (1/1)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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