Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6909
(formerly typ/4809)

Γράφει σε, Λουκᾶ, τεχνικῶς ὁ ζωγράφος·
Μήπως κακίσῃς τὴν γραφὴν ὡς τεχνίτης.
Λέγουσι γὰρ εἶναί σε καὶ σκιαγράφον
Τὸν χρωματουργὸν τῶν ἀπορρήτων λόγων.
Title(s) Εἰς εἰκόνα τοῦ ἁγίου ἀποστόλου καὶ εὐαγγελιστοῦ Λουκᾶ
Text source E. Miller, 1855, Manuelis Philae Carmina (vol. 1), Paris: 18
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s)
Person(s)
Poet
Manuel Philes (1275-1345) - PLP: XII.29817
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Luke (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)
Translation(s) The painter skilfully depicts you, Luke.
Do not condemn the painting, as you are a craftsman.
For it is said that you are also a scene-painter,
you, the dyer of ineffable words.
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: 259
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: 259
Number of verses 4
Occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements Information on the type courtesy of ParaTexBib.

Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 123: "Manuel Philes, In imaginem Lucae evang."
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Last modified: 2026-03-25.
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