Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26805
(formerly occ/10877)

	υἱοὺς θ(εο)ῦ νόμιζε \| τοὺς σὴθ ἐκγόνους· \|
	ἐπιρρεπῶς βλέποντας εἰς \| θυγατέρας· \|
	βροτῶν ἐχούσας τὴν γένεσιν ἐκ \| κάιν:∙

Type(s)	[7344] Υἱοὺς Θεοῦ νόμιζε τοὺς Σὴθ ἐκγόνους (3 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1101-1150
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 746 [1101-1150]
Place in Manuscript	f. 49r
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies a miniature depicting the sons of God taking the daughters of men as wives, located below Genesis 6:2.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Kain
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.746.pt.1/0059
Bibliography	Primary A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 423-424 K. Weitzmann, M. Bernabò, R. Tarasconi, 1999, The Byzantine Octateuchs, Princeton: 50
Number of verses	3
Related occurrence(s)	[26807] υἱοὺς \| θ(εο)ῦ \| νό\|μι\|ζε \| τοὺς σὴθ (...)γό(...)ους [12th c.] ISTANBUL - Topkapi Sarayi Müzesi Kütüphanesi - Gayri İslami Eserler (G. İ.) 8 [12th c.] (f. 54r) (3 verses) (3/3)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Last modified: 2020-05-07.