Type 6825
(formerly typ/4720)

Ἀνθρωπομόρφῳ σχήματι περιγράφεις
τὴν τοῦ λόγου σάρκωσιν ἀληθεστάτην
καὶ τὴν θέωσιν τὴν θεαρχικωτάτην,
Ματθαῖε, τῷ σῷ τῆς λογικῆς οὐσίας.
Text source H. von Soden, 1902, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Untersuchungen. Die Textzeuge (vol. 1.1), Berlin: 382
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s)
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Matthew (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)
Translation(s) Since you do not possess the fleshless nature of angels
you bear the form of a fleshly evangelist,
not because the angels have something higher,
but because you write for us the incarnate Word.
Language
English
Source(s)
H. Maguire, 1996, The Icons of Their Bodies: Saints and Their Images in Byzantium, Princeton: 85
Comment Text of von Soden (1902: 382) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography
Number of verses 4
Occurrence(s) [25605] ἀνθρωπομόρφω σχήματι περιγράφεις [1251-1300]
PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 106 [1251-1300] (f. 193v)
(4 verses)
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 56: "In s. Matthaeum evang."
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