Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5691
(formerly typ/3734)

	Θεὸς κριτὰς δίδωσιν εἰς εὐταξίαν
	ἄγων τὸ φῦλον τῇ καταλλήλῳ κρίσει
	ἐπείπερ ἠγνόησε θεσμοὺς τοῦ νόμου
	ὡς καὶ προφητῶν τοὺς θεοπνεύστους λόγους·
	ἀλλ᾽ ἐκτραπὲν γὰρ αὐτοβούλητον σχέσιν
	εἴπερ Θεοῦ κατέσχε τῶν ἐνταλμάτων.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 484-485
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	God appoints judges so as to guide the nation to orderly behaviour by appropriate judgement, for it had disregarded the ordinances of the Law as well as the God-inspired words of the Prophets; nay, it had rejected voluntary love [which it would have observed?] had it clung to God's decrees. 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: 71 Gott gibt Richter zur guten Ordnung, indem er das Volk mit angemessenem Urteil führt, da es die Satzungen des Gesetzes missachtete wie auch die von Gott inspirierten Worte der Propheten. Es wandte sich nämlich von der eigenwilligen Gesinnung ab, wenn es sich denn an die Gebote Gottes hielt. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 485
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: 71 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: 130-131
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[22980] θεος κριτὰς δίδωσιν εἰς εὐταξίαν [926-975] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 1 [926-975] (f. 206r) (6 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, VAT96 Vassis ICB 2005, 336: "Leo Sacellarius*, In Iudices"
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