Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5688
(formerly typ/3732)

	Ἔδειξεν ἡμῖν ὁ γραφεὺς ἐν εἰκόνι
	Μωσῆν ἐκεῖνον ἔνθεον τὰς ἐξ ὄρους
	πλάκας κρατοῦντα καὶ νόμους θεογράφους
	χειρὶ ξένῃ γραφέντας ἀρρήτῳ λόγῳ.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 483-484
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Moses
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	The painter has shown us in this image that divine man Moses bringing from the mountain the tablets with the God-written laws, traced by a miraculous hand in ineffable fashion. 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: 70 Der Maler zeigte uns im Bild den berühmten Moses, von Gott inspiriert, der die Tafeln vom Berge (in Händen) hält und die von Gott geschriebenen Gesetze, die von wunderbarer Hand geschrieben sind mit unsagbarer Rede. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 483-484
Bibliography	Primary W. Hörandner 1991, Zur kommunikativen Funktion byzantinischer Gedichte, in Résumés de communications du XVIIIe Congrès International des Études Byzantines (Moscou, 8-15 août 1991) (vol. 1), Moskau, 415-432: 420-421 C. Mango 2011, The Epigrams, in P. Canart (ed.), La Bible du Patrice Léon. Codex Reginensis Graecus 1, Città del Vaticano, 59-79: 70 T. Mathews 1977, The Epigrams of Leo Sacellarios and an Exegetical Approach to the Miniatures of Vat. Reg. Gr. 1, Orientalia Christiana periodica, 43(1), 94-134: 128-129
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[22978] ἔδειξεν ἡμιν ὁ γραφεὺς ἐν εικόνι [926-975] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 1 [926-975] (f. 155v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Lotte van Olmen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, VAT95 Vassis ICB 2005, 170: "Leo Sacellarius*, In Mosen Legem accipientem"
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