Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5671
(formerly typ/3723)

	[Τ]ὸν χοῦν ὁ τῆς γῆς τὴν ὕπαρξιν ἀχρόνως
	καὶ τὸν πόλον ἄνωθεν ὡς δέρριν φέρων
	ὑπὸ χρόνον τίθησι, τοῦτον ἐν μέσῳ
	ζ[ῷο]ν λαλητὸν ἐκπρεπῶς διαπλάσας·
	ὄφις δὲ λοιπὸν Ε[ὔᾳ, Μωσ]ῆς ὡς γράφει,
	φθονήσας ἕρπει προσλαλῶν τῇ εἰκόνι.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 479-480
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Eva Moses
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	He who holds timelessly the existence of the earth and the heaven above like a leather curtain has placed dust in the midst, within time, having excellently fashioned it into a living being endowed with speech. The serpent, however, as Moses writes, has become envious and is crawling as he addresses Eve in the picture. Language English Source(s) C. Mango 2011, The Epigrams, in P. Canart (ed.), La Bible du Patrice Léon. Codex Reginensis Graecus 1, Città del Vaticano, 59-79: 67-68 Der, der zeitlos die Existenz der Erde und den Himmel von oben herab wie eine Lederdecke spannt, setzt den Staub in die Zeit, nachdem er ihn vortrefflich in der Mitte zum sprachbegabten Lebewesen ausgeformt hat. Eine Schlange ferner, wie Moses schreibt, wird von Neid auf Eva erfasst, kriecht (herbei) und spricht das Bild an. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 479
Bibliography	Primary C. Mango 2011, The Epigrams, in P. Canart (ed.), La Bible du Patrice Léon. Codex Reginensis Graecus 1, Città del Vaticano, 59-79: 67-68 T. Mathews 1977, The Epigrams of Leo Sacellarios and an Exegetical Approach to the Miniatures of Vat. Reg. Gr. 1, Orientalia Christiana periodica, 43, 94-134: 124-125 Secondary M. Lauxtermann, 2003, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 1), Vienna: 191
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[22973] τὸν χοῦν ὁ τῆς γῆς τὴν ὕπαρξην ἀχρόνως [926-975] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 1 [926-975] (f. IIv) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, VAT91 Vassis ICB 2005, 784: "Leo Sacellarius*, In opificium mundi"
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