Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 34608

	Ἀρθεὶς Ἀμβακούμ, ὡς ὁρᾷς, παρ' ἀγγέλου
	τροφὴν κομίζει Δανιὴλ ἐν τῷ λάκκῳ.

Text source	DBBE (based on occurrence ἀρθὴς ἀμβακούμ ὁς ὁράς παραγγέλον)
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Daniel (prophet) Habbakuk
Tag(s)	Description of an image Reference to content of the book
Critical Notes	2 ἐν τῷ λάκκῳ ] ταχυτάτην Nelson & Collins, Rhoby
Translation(s)	Habakkuk, raised, as you see, by an angel, / carries most swiftly nourishment to Daniel. Language English Source(s) R. Nelson, K. Collins (eds.), 2006, Holy image, hallowed ground: icons from Sinai, Los Angeles: 149 In die Höhe gehoben, wie du siehst, vom Engel, versorgt Habakuk Daniel auf schnellstem Wege mit Nahrung. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2010, Byzantinische Epigramme auf Ikonen und Objekten der Kleinkunst, Vienna: 64
Comment	The epigram also occurs in a slightly different version on a 13th-century icon (cf. Nelson & Collins (2006: 149) and Rhoby (2010: 63-64)).
Bibliography	Primary A. Rhoby, 2010, Byzantinische Epigramme auf Ikonen und Objekten der Kleinkunst, Vienna: 64 R. Nelson, K. Collins (eds.), 2006, Holy image, hallowed ground: icons from Sinai, Los Angeles: 149
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[34611] ἀρθὴς ἀμβακούμ ὁς ὁράς παραγγέλον [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 10, Cod. 8 [11th c.] (f. 420v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(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	Vassis ICB 2011, 204: "Inscriptio in imagine Danielis proph."
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