Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6841
(formerly typ/4743)

Λοῦκας κέρατα τοῦ Θεοῦ μόσχου φέρων
φρουρεῖ διδαχῇ τὴν βρότειον οὐσίαν,
ἀνευρύνων δ' αὔλακα τῶν οὐρανίων
γονιμοποιεῖ τὰς ψυχικὰς δυνάμεις.
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) Luke (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)
Critical Notes 3 ἀνευρύνων ] ἀνελκύων Von Soden
Translation(s) Luke, bearing the horn of God’s calf,
protects with his teaching the mortal essence,
and by opening the furrow of the heavens,
he fertilizes the spiritual ministry.
Language
English
Source(s)
R. Ricceri 2026, Text and Image, Text as Image: The Beauty of the Book in Byzantine Book Epigrams, in M. Cutino, F. Stella (eds.), Versus ad picturas. Text/Image Relation in Greek, Latin and Arabic Poetry, Berlin, 243-263: 257
Comment Text of von Soden (1902: 382) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography

Primary

R. Ricceri 2026, Text and Image, Text as Image: The Beauty of the Book in Byzantine Book Epigrams, in M. Cutino, F. Stella (eds.), Versus ad picturas. Text/Image Relation in Greek, Latin and Arabic Poetry, Berlin, 243-263: 257
Number of verses 4
Occurrence(s) [25648] λοῦκ(ας) κέρατα τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ μόσχου φέρων [1251-1300]
PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 106 [1251-1300] (f. 193v)
(4 verses)
Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)
Cristina Cocola, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 438: "In s. Lucam evang."
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