Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26922
(formerly occ/10994)

	Τοῦ δευτέρου πέφυκεν εἰκὼν ἣν βλέπεις·
	Κόσμου κηβωτὸν χ(ριστὸ)ν ἐν μήτ(...)α κόρης·
	Φέρουσα νῶε τῶν βρωτῶ(...) ἀββατίαν·
	Τοὺς οὖν ἀπειθεῖς αἱρετίφρονας μόνους·
	Ὁλοβρυχίους ταρτάρω σατᾶν σκότω·
	Ὠθεῖ γόνους δὲ νῶε πρὸς θείην ἐδὲν
	(...)

Type(s)	[7396] Τοῦ δευτέρου πέφυκεν εἰκὼν ἣν βλέπεις (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	IZMIR - Euaggelike Schole B-08 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 163r
Palaeographical information	Written in alexandrinische Auszeichnungsmajuskel.
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies a miniature of the holy Theotokos with Christ. The first four verses are written in the upper margin of the miniature, the last three in the lower margin. Unfortunately, the last verse has been cropped out on the only existing image of the folio.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Reader-related epigram
Subject(s)	Devil Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Noah Theotokos
Comment	An image is also available in Rhoby (2018: 813).
Bibliography	Primary A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 406-407 J. Strzygowski, 1899, Der Bilderkreis des griechischen Physiologus, des Kosmas Indikopleustes und Oktateuch nach Handschriften der Bibliothek zu Smyrna, Leipzig: (image: plate XXV), 56 W. Wolska-Conus, 1968, Cosmas Indicopleustès. Topographie chrétienne. Introduction et livres I-IV, Paris: 97
Number of verses	7
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.
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