| Type(s) |
[2768] Τὴν ἀρχικήν τε καὶ βασιλικωτάτην
(2 verses)
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| Text source |
DBBE
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| Text status |
Text completely known |
| Date |
12th c. |
| Manuscript |
ISTANBUL - Oikoumenikon Patriarcheion Patriarchikon Skeuofulakion 3 [12th c.]
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| Place in Manuscript |
f. 18r |
| Palaeographical information |
Written in alexandrinische Auszeichnungsmajuskel. |
| Contextual information |
The epigram accompanies a miniature of a lion, carrying a book. The lion is usually a symbol associated with Mark the Evangelist. However, in this manuscript the epigram precedes the Gospel of Matthew. |
| Metre(s) |
Dodecasyllable
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| Genre(s) |
Image-related epigram
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| Subject(s) |
Matthew (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
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| Image source(s) |
Soteriou1937, plate 48
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| Bibliography |
Primary
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B. Koutloumousianos, 1846, Ὑπόμνημα ἱστορικόν περὶ τῆς κατά τὴν Χάλκην Μονῆς τῆς Θεοτόκου, Constantinople: 97
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R. Nelson, 1980, The Iconography of Preface and Miniature in the Byzantine Gospel Book, New York: 26
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A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 255-256
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G. Soteriou, 1937, Κειμήλια τοῦ Οἰκουμενικοῦ Πατριαρχείου. Πατριαρχικὸς ναὸς καὶ σκευοφυλάκιον, Athens: 75
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| Number of verses |
2 |
| Related occurrence(s) |
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| Acknowledgements |
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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| Permalink |
http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/occurrences/18444 |
