Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3715
(formerly typ/1802)

	Χειρῶν εἰμι σῶν ποίημα καὶ χαρακτὴρ μορφῆς σου
	κἂν ἡδονῶν εἰς βόρβορον κεῖμαι συγκεχωσμένος·
	ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιστὰς ἐλέησον, μὴ ὄψιν ἀποστρέψῃς.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 200-201
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Nikephoros Ouranos (991-1010)
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Tag(s)	Death Description of an image Entreaty for first person Miniature Prayer
Translation(s)	Deiner Hände Werk bin ich und Abbild deiner Gestalt, selbst wenn ich im Schlamm der Lüste begraben liege. Aber tritt heran und erbarme dich, wende das Antlitz nicht ab! Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 200
Comment	These verses belong to a parainetic poem by Nicephorus Uranus ('Alphabet', vv. 64-66).
Bibliography	Primary 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
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[19586] χειρ(ῶν) \| εἰμὶ \| σῶν \| ποίημα, \| κ(αὶ) χα\|ρ(α)κτὴρ, \| μορφή(ς) \| σου [1313] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 65 [1101-1150] (f. 12r) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, GR20 Vassis ICB 2005, 858: "In imaginem psalterii"
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