Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17254
(formerly occ/425)

	μητρὶ παρεστήκασιν ἐν φόβω λόγου:
	οἱ \| ταξιάρχαι τῶν ἀσωμάτων νόων:

Type(s)	[2016] Μητρὶ παρεστήκασιν ἐν φόβῳ Λόγου (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1076-1125
Manuscript	BERLIN - Humboldt-Universität Bibliothek, Abteilung für christliche Archäologie und kirchliche Kunst 3807 [1076-1125]
Place in Manuscript	f. 2v
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram
Subject(s)	Archangel Theotokos
Comment	Two lines above a miniature of the Theotokos with two archangels. Traditionally considered as a four-line epigram, together with two lines under the miniature; but the usual symbol of four dots in a square announces a new poem.
Image source(s)	Stuhlfauth 1933: 316
Bibliography	Primary A. Cutler, 1984, The Aristocratic Psalters in Byzantium, Paris: 33 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 110 G. Stuhlfauth 1933, A Greek Psalter with Byzantine Miniatures, The Art Bulletin, 15, 310-326: 316, fig. 7
Number of verses	2
Acknowledgements	Transcriber(s) Floris Bernard Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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