Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26811
(formerly occ/10883)

σφα|γεῖς | γίγαν|τε|ς | τῶν | κα|κῶν | ἐ|φευ|ρε|τ|αί

Type(s)	[7347] Φονεῖς γίγαντες τῶν κακῶν ἐφευρεταί (1 verse)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	12th c.
Manuscript	ISTANBUL - Topkapi Sarayi Müzesi Kütüphanesi - Gayri İslami Eserler (G. İ.) 8 [12th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 54v
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies a miniature of five armed giants, located in the catena below Genesis 6:2.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Bibliography	Primary A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 424-425 F. Uspenskij, 1907, Konstantinopol'skij Seral'skij kodeks Vos'miknižija, Sofia: 120 K. Weitzmann, M. Bernabò, R. Tarasconi, 1999, The Byzantine Octateuchs, Princeton: 50 Secondary G. Henderson 1962, Late-Antique Influences in Some English Mediaeval Illustrations of Genesis, Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 25(3-4), 172-198: 174-175 (image: plate 33f)
Number of verses	1
Related occurrence(s)	[26810] φονεῖς \| γίγαντες \| τῶν κα\|κῶν ἐ\|φευρεταί [1101-1150] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 746 [1101-1150] (f. 50r) (1 verse) (1/1) [26812] σφαγεῖς γί\|γαντες τ(ῶν) \| κακῶν \| ἐφευρέτ(αι) [11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 747 [11th c.] (f. 28r) (1 verse) (1/1)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Permalink	https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/occurrences/26811

Last modified: 2020-05-07.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.