Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6253
(formerly typ/4226)

	Ἄνθρωπε, σιγῶν, εὐλαβῶς ὧδε σκόπει
	μήπως ὁ Λουκᾶς συγχυθῇ πρὸς τὸ γράφειν·
	τοῦ γὰρ παρὰ σοῦ θᾶττον ἀκούσας ψόφου
	τὴν χεῖρα κινεῖν μέχρι τινὸς οὐ θέλει.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 382-383
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Image-related epigram Reader-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Luke (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Description of an image Miniature
Translation(s)	Look here, man, in silence and devotion, so that Luke is not disturbed in his writing, for as soon as he hears any noise from you he will refrain from moving his hand for a while. Language English Source(s) K. Demoen 2022, Manuel Philes and (An) Anonymous Poet(s): Epigrams on the Evangelists in an Illuminated Gospel Manuscript, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1388-1397: 1393 Mensch, schweigend blicke fromm hierher, damit Lukas nicht irgendwie beim Schreiben gestört wird. Denn sobald er nur ein von dir kommendes Geräusch vernimmt, will er die Hand eine Zeitlang nicht bewegen. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 382
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen 2022, Manuel Philes and (An) Anonymous Poet(s): Epigrams on the Evangelists in an Illuminated Gospel Manuscript, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1388-1397: 1392-1396 E. Miller, 1855, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 1), Paris: 19
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24067] ἄν(θρωπ)ε σιγῶν εὐλαβῶς ὦδε σκόπει [14th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 407 (Vlad. 25) [12th-14th c.] (f. 120v -- (alt.) f. 111v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Julián Bértola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, RUS4 Vassis ICB 2005, 55: "In imaginem Lucae evang."
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