Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2517
(formerly typ/606)

	Τῶν ἱεραρχῶν ἀκρότης οἱ τρεῖς πάνυ
	ἐν χερσὶ βίβλους <σοι> φέρουσιν ἐνθέους.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 110-111
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Three Hierarchs
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature
Translation(s)	The foremost of the prelates, all three of them, holding the inspired books in their hands. Language English Source(s) R. Betancourt 2020, Representation as Indwelling: Contextualizing Michael Psellos’ Empsychos Graphe across Artistic, Liturgical, and Literary Theory, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 44(1), 62-85: 77 Die Spitze der Hierarchen, die berühmten drei, bringen (dir) in Händen von Gott inspirierte Bücher. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 110
Comment	Written below a miniature depicting Saints Nicholas, John Chrysostom, and Basil the Great (Berlin. 3807, f. 2v).
Bibliography	Primary R. Betancourt 2020, Representation as Indwelling: Contextualizing Michael Psellos’ Empsychos Graphe across Artistic, Liturgical, and Literary Theory, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 44(1), 62-85: 77
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[18031] τῶν ἱεραρχῶν ἀκρότης οἱ τρεῖς πάνυ [1076-1125] BERLIN - Humboldt-Universität Bibliothek, Abteilung für christliche Archäologie und kirchliche Kunst 3807 [1076-1125] (f. 1v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	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.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, DE3
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