Type 5534
(formerly typ/3588)
| Σκιὰν σκιᾶς ἔγραψας, ὦ χεὶρ ζωγράφου· | |
| Σκιὰ γὰρ ἦν τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου, | |
| Λεπτυνθὲν ὡς ἄσαρκον ἐξ ἀσιτίας· | |
| Καὶ θαῦμα τοῦτο πῶς σκιὰν σκιᾶς γράφεις. |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
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| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | John Chrysostom (saint) |
| Tag(s) | Praise of the author |
| Translation(s) |
0 Painter, your hand has painted the shadow of a shadow, for the body of the Egyptian woman was a shadow; or rather, to put it precisely, from a shadow you have painted material suffering.
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| Comment | A variation of this epigram was written by Manuel Philes to be inscribed upon an image of Saint Mary of Egypt (Maguire 1996: 74). The text of this poem is edited by E. Miller (1855, I: 36). |
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| Number of verses | 4 |
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Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 675: "Manuel Philes, In imaginem s. Ioannis Chrysostomi" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5534 |
Last modified: 2024-12-05.
