Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3948
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	Ἐκ μὲν θεοῖο βασιλεύει τῶς Ἰὼβ,
	κῆρος δὲ Ῥαὰβ αἰσχύνης φεύγει θαῦμα.
	Θεὸς γὰρ ἅρμα Σωφὰρ οἱ δῶκε σθένος
	ἔνθεν τ' ὀιστὸς ἰσχὺν ἐχθροῦ οὐκ ἔχει,
	ὃς προσκομίζει λύτρον ὡς πάλαι τ' Ἄβελ·
	ὑπὲρ τὸν Ἄβελ εὐάρεστον καὶ Νῶε
	νόμον τελῶν γευστὸν ἐν Χριστοῦ κρίσει.
	Ὕμνον γὰρ ἐκ σου εὐαρεστήσεις δύο
	νῦν τῆς θυσίας ἱκετείας μετρίας.

Text source	S. Mercati (ed.), 1970, Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 1), Bari: 453
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Abel Basil I (811-886) - PBE: 1718 - PMBZ: 22990: "Personenkennziffer: 20837" (basileus) Job Noah Rahab
Tag(s)	Acrostic
Critical Notes	7 γευστὸν ] γε ὑστὸν Mercati (1970: 453)
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.
Bibliography	Primary W. Hörandner 1990, Visuelle Poesie in Byzanz, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik (JÖB), 40, 1-42: 15 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 A. Rocchi, 1883, Codices cryptenses seu Abbatiae Cryptae Ferratae in Tusculano digesti et illustrati, Tusculani: 459
Number of verses	9
Occurrence(s)	[19967] Εκ μὲν θεοῖο βασιλεύει τὸς ἰὼΒ [992] GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Ζ. α. XXX [992] (f. 93v) (9 verses) [35904] Ἐκ μὲν θεοὶο βασιλεύ\|ει τως ιωβ [1101-1150] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2130 [1101-1150] (f. 210r-210v) (9 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola, Rachele Ricceri, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 209: "In Basilium imp."
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