Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2781
(formerly typ/886)

	Ὢ φρικτὸν ἔργον, ὢ κατάπληκτος θέα·
	Θεὸς δι᾽ ἡμᾶς ὡς βροτὸς πάσχει ξύλῳ.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 251
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature
Translation(s)	O dreadful deed! O amazing sight! Because of us God suffers in the flesh on the cross. Language English Source(s) M. Lauxtermann, 2003, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 1), Vienna: 187 O schaudervolle Tat, o erschütternder Anblick: Gott leidet unsretwegen als Sterblicher am Holz. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 251
Bibliography	Primary M. Lauxtermann, 2003, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 1), Vienna: 186-187 R. Nelson, 1978, Text and Image in a Byzantine Gospel Book in Istanbul (Ecumenical Patriarchate, cod. 3), New York: 17, 298 G. Soteriou, 1937, Κειμήλια τοῦ Οἰκουμενικοῦ Πατριαρχείου. Πατριαρχικὸς ναὸς καὶ σκευοφυλάκιον, Athens: 82
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[23631] ὢ φρικτὸν ἔργον· ὢ κατάπληκτος θέα [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 937 (olim 735) [14th c.] (f. 18r) (2 verses) [18452] ὢ φρικτὸν ἔργον ὢ κ(α)τάπληκτο(ς) θέα [12th c.] ISTANBUL - Oikoumenikon Patriarcheion Patriarchikon Skeuofulakion 3 [12th c.] (f. 4r) (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, GR79 Paratexts of the Bible (Pinakes), 18052 Vassis ICB 2005, 913: "In Christi passionem"
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