Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 35904

	στίχοι ἰαμβικοί·

	Ἐκ μὲν θεοὶο βασιλεύ\|ει τως ιωβ· + \|
	Κῆρος δὲ ραάβ· αἱσχύ\|νης φεύγη θαῦμα· \|
	Θεὸς γὰρ ἅρμα· σωφαροι \|\| δωκε σθένος·+ \|
	Ἔνθεν τ οἱστος· ἱσχὺ(ν) \| ἐχθροῦ οὐκ ἔχει·+ \|
	Ὃς προσκομίζειν· λύ\|τρον ὡς πάλαι τα\|βιλ·+ \|
	Ὑπερ τον ἀβελ· εὐάρε\|στον καὶ νῶε·+ \|
	Νόμον τελὼν γε· ὕ\|στον ἐν χ(ριστο)ῦ κρίσει·+ \|
	Ὕμνον γὰρ ἐκ σοῦ· εὐα\|ρεστήσεις δύο·+ \|
	Σὺν τῆς θυσιας· ἱκε\|τείας μετρίας·+ \|

Type(s)	[3948] Ἐκ μὲν θεοῖο βασιλεύει τὸς Ἰὼβ (9 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. 2130 [1101-1150]
Place in Manuscript	f. 210r-210v
Contextual information	The epigram is located after "Ἑκλογὴ λέξεων κατὰ διαφορὰν καὶ κατὰ στοιχείον".
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Abel Basil I (811-886) - PBE: 1718 - PMBZ: 22990: "Personenkennziffer: 20837" (basileus) Job Noah Rahab
Comment	Note the fourfold acrostic: Ἐκ Θεοῦ νῦν ὁ βασιλεὺς βασιλεύει Βασιίλειος. Mercati (1970: 453) hypothesizes that the Basil I (867-886) is referred to in this epigram. Hutter (2022: 598) thinks that the epigram is dedicated either to Basil I or to Basil II.
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.2130/227 https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.2130/228
Bibliography	Primary I. Hutter, 2022, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Corpus der Italogriechischen dekorierten Handschriften der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (vol. 6.2), Stuttgart: 598 S. Lucà 2022, Italograeca, I: Manoscritti nuovi o poco noti allestiti nel mezzogiorno medievale di lingua greca (con una premessa sulla produzione libraria calabro-sicula) , Archivio storico per la Calabria e la Lucania, 88, 93-204: 158-159
Number of verses	9
Related occurrence(s)	[19967] Εκ μὲν θεοῖο βασιλεύει τὸς ἰὼΒ [992] GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Ζ. α. XXX [992] (f. 93v) (9 verses) (9/9)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Eleonora Lauro Transcriber(s) Eleonora Lauro 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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