Type 7206
(formerly typ/5058)

Οἱ ἄγγελοι τρέμουσιν, βρέφος κρατεῖται,
προβλέπει μόνον μητρικαῖς ἐν ἀγκάλαις.
Text source A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 242
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Critical text
Genre(s) Image-related epigram
Person(s)
Poet
Ioannes Doukaïtes (monkname Alexios) (14th c.) (abbas, monachos, papas)
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)
Tag(s) Description of an image
Translation(s) Die Engel zittern, das Kind wird gehalten –
es blickt nur voraus in den Armen der Mutter.
Language
German
Source(s)
A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 242
Comment These verses are unprosodic dodecasyllables.
Bibliography
Number of verses 2
Occurrence(s) [26646] οἱ ἄγγελοι τρέμουσιν βρέ|φος κρατίτε [14th c.]
ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 107 [11th c.] (f. 82v)
(2 verses)
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Last modified: 2020-04-09.