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Type 5693
(formerly typ/3735)

	Ὁ μικρὸς ὄντως τὴν φύσιν, οὐ τοῖς τρόποις
	στεφηφορεῖται Δαυὶδ τὰς μυριάδας
	ἐπεὶ Σαοὺλ παρῆλθεν ἐν χιλιάσιν·
	ὁ μὲν γὰρ εἰς αὔξησιν αὐτὰς τοῦ γένους
	ἄνακτα Χριστὸν ὡς Θεὸν [π]ροδεικνύει,
	ὁ δὲ ξένως παρῆκε τῶνδε τοὺς τύπους.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 485-486
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	David Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature Reference to content of the book
Critical Notes	2 τὰς μυριάδας ] ταῖς μυριάσιν Mango 4 αὐτὰς ] αὐταῖς Mango
Translation(s)	Small, indeed, in stature, not in his behaviour, David is crowned with the tens of thousands, seeing that Saul went by with his thousands; for the former prefigures through them, thanks to the increase of his people, the Lord Christ as God, whereas the latter has strangely abandoned the symbols of these things. 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: 72 Der wirklich klein ist seiner Statur, nicht seinem Charakter nach, wird (zum König) über Zehntausende gekrönt, nachdem Saul vorbeigezogen war unter Tausenden. Denn der eine kündigt diesen zur Vermehrung des Geschlechts Christus den Herrn als Gott an, der andere aber ließ wider Erwarten ihre Abzeichen fallen. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 486
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: 71-72 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: 130-131
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[22981] ὁ μικρὸς ὄντως τὴν φύσιν οὐ τοῖς τρόποις [926-975] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 1 [926-975] (f. 263r) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Lotte van Olmen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, VAT97 Vassis ICB 2005, 528: "Leo Sacellarius*, In Samuelem proph. unctione olei Davidem constituentem regem"
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