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Type 5683
(formerly typ/3730)

	Μωσῆς ἀριθμῶν Ἰσραὴλ τὰς ἐκ γένους
	φυλὰς μεθῆκεν, Ἰησοῦς δὲ συνθέει.
	ἄλλ᾽ ὁ ξενίσας τὴν χοϊκὴν οὐσίαν,
	ταύτης ἀριθμὸν ἄλλον ἐκ τῆς ὀσφύος
	πόρρωθεν, οἶμαι, τοὺς μαθητὰς εἰσφέρει
	φυλὴν ἑκάστη<ν> πρὸς Χριστὸν διαγράφων.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 482-483
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Apostles Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Joshua Moses
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	Moses, as he numbered the tribes of the stock of Israel, let them go, while Joshua concurs with him. But the one who astonished earthly nature introduces from her loins an equivalent number, namely [that of] the Disciples as he assigns from afar, I believe, each tribe to Christ. 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: 70 Moses zählte die Stämme des Volkes von Israel und entließ sie; Josua aber ist mit dabei. Indes stellt jener, der die irdische Natur in Staunen versetzt hatte, eine weitere Zahl aus ihren (d.h. der irdischen Natur) Lenden auf – von weit her, glaube ich, bringt er die Jünger –, wobei er jeden Stamm für Christus verzeichnet. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 482-483
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: 69-70 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)	[22977] μωσῆς ἀριθμῶν ἰ(σρα)ὴλ τὰς ἐκ γένους [926-975] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 1 [926-975] (f. 116r) (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, VAT94 Vassis ICB 2005, 477: "Leo Sacellarius*, In Mosen et Iosuen duodecim tribus Israelis numerantes"
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