Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6842
(formerly typ/4744)

Τὸ τρισσοφαὲς τῆς ἁγίας τριάδος
καὶ βασιλικὴν καὶ θεϊκὴν ἀκτῖνα
καὶ τὴν ἀκλινῆ τῆς ψυχῆς θεαυγίαν
Ἰωάννης δείκνυσιν, ὡς ὑψιπέτης.
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) John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)
Translation(s) The threefold light of the holy Trinity,
the royal and divine ray
and the unswerving divine light of the soul:
John shows these things, as a high-flying [eagle].
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) [25649] τὸ τρισσοφαὲς τῆς ἁγίας τριάδος [1251-1300]
PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 106 [1251-1300] (f. 193v)
(4 verses)
Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 790: "In s. Ioannem evang."
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