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Type 5676
(formerly typ/3726)

	Οἱ τῆς παλαιᾶς ἱερεῖς καὶ λευῖται
	τὸν ὄλβον ὧδε μυστικῶς τὸν τῆς νέας
	εἰς Χριστὸν αἴρειν τὴν κιβωτὸν προγράφουν·
	ὡς αἱ πλάκες ταύτης γὰρ ἔνδον τοῦ νόμου
	οὕτω φύσις βρότεια τῇ θεότητι -
	διπλοῦς πρόεισι Χριστὸς ἐκ τῆς παρθένου.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 481-482
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Moses
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	The priests and levites of the Old [Testament] as they lift up the Ark, are here mystically prefiguring the glory of the New, namely Christ, for just as the tables of the Law were within the Ark, so Christ, too, comes forth twofold from the Virgin, mortal nature [joined] to divinity. Language English Source(s) C. Mango 2011, The Epigrams, in P. Canart (ed.), La Bible du Patrice Léon. Codex Reginensis Graecus 1, Città del Vaticano, 59-79: 69 Die Priester und Leviten des alten (Testaments) künden hier geheimnisvoll den Reichtum des neuen (Testaments) an, indem sie im Namen Christi die Lade heben. Denn wie (sich) die Tafeln des Gesetzes in derselben (befanden), so hat auch die Gottheit eine sterbliche Natur; ein zweifacher Christus geht aus der Jungfrau hervor. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 481
Bibliography	Primary C. Mango 2011, The Epigrams, in P. Canart (ed.), La Bible du Patrice Léon. Codex Reginensis Graecus 1, Città del Vaticano, 59-79: 69 T. Mathews 1977, The Epigrams of Leo Sacellarios and an Exegetical Approach to the Miniatures of Vat. Reg. Gr. 1, Orientalia Christiana periodica, 43, 94-134: 128-129
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[22976] οἱ τῆς παλαιᾶς ἱερεῖς καὶ λευῖται [926-975] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 1 [926-975] (f. 85v) (6 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, VAT93 Vassis ICB 2005, 518: "Leo Sacellarius*, In Mosen et Aaronem cum Levitis arcam testamenti tollentes"
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