Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26615
(formerly occ/10683)

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	∙:∙ (...)λάσ(εις) \| (...)ς με\|(...)ῦσ(ας) \| (...) ψυχ(ὴ) \| (...)οα\|τύπ(ου) \|
	(...)ούλ(ει) \| (...)τὰ \| (...)α(...)(ον) \| (...)εῖ(ν) \| (...)ρι\|(...)έρ(ας):

Type(s)	[7138] Κολάσεις τὰς μενούσας σε, ψυχή, προανατύπου (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1313
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 65 [1101-1150]
Place in Manuscript	f. 11v
Person(s)	Scribe Sabbas of Nikomedeia < Turkey (14th c.) - VGH: 395.E
Palaeographical information	The text is incomplete because part of the page margin was cut off.
Contextual information	Written on the left side of a twofold miniature depicting the death of Sabas, the scribe: in the upper part an angel receives the soul of the monk (depicted as a naked baby), below scales tip towards the soul, flanked by two angels, while demons are trying to tilt the scales.
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram
Bibliography	Primary C. Cocola 2022, A repentant sinner: representing the self in Nikephoros Ouranos’ catanyctic alphabet, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 46(2), 176-195: 192-193 A. Cutler, 1984, The Aristocratic Psalters in Byzantium, Paris: 104 G. Parpulov 2010, Psalters and Personal Piety in Byzantium, in P. Magdalino, R. Nelson (eds.), The Old Testament in Byzantium, Washington DC, 77-105: 96-97 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 198-199
Number of verses	2
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Juan Bautista Juan López The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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