Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 7138
(formerly typ/5025)

	Κολάσεις τὰς μενούσας σε, ψυχή, προανατύπου,
	εἰ βούλει μετὰ θάνατον εὑρεῖν μετριωτέρας.

Title(s)	Niceph. Uranus, Alphabetum (vv. 28, 30)
Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 198-199
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Nikephoros Ouranos (10th c. - 11th c.) - PMBZ: 27771: "Personenkennziffer: 25617"
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Address to the soul Death Description of an image Miniature
Translation(s)	Imagine, oh soul, the punishments that await you (...) if you want to find milder punishments after death. Language English Source(s) C. Cocola 2022, A repentant sinner: representing the self in Nikephoros Ouranos’ catanyctic alphabet, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 46(2), 176-195: 182 Envision in advance, O soul, the trials that await you, If you desire, after death, to get a moderate treatment. Language English Source(s) G. Parpulov 2010, Psalters and Personal Piety in Byzantium, in P. Magdalino, R. Nelson (eds.), The Old Testament in Byzantium, Washington DC, 77-105: 97 Mach dir im vorhinein, Seele, eine Vorstellung von den dich erwartenden Strafen, wenn du sie nach dem Tode mäßiger finden willst! Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 199
Comment	These verses belong to a parainetic poem by Nicephorus Uranus ('Alphabet', vv. 28, 30).
Bibliography	Primary C. Cocola 2022, A repentant sinner: representing the self in Nikephoros Ouranos’ catanyctic alphabet, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 46(2), 176-195: 182, 189 G. Parpulov 2010, Psalters and Personal Piety in Byzantium, in P. Magdalino, R. Nelson (eds.), The Old Testament in Byzantium, Washington DC, 77-105: 96-97
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[26615] (...)λάσ(εις) \| (...)ς με\|(...)ῦσ(ας) \| (...) ψυχ(ὴ) \| (...)οα\|τύπ(ου) [1101-1150] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 65 [1101-1150] (f. 11v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, GR17
Permalink	https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/7138

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