| Type(s) |
[2768] Τὴν ἀρχικήν τε καὶ βασιλικωτάτην
(2 verses)
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| Text source |
DBBE
(Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
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| Text status |
Text completely known |
| Date |
12th-13th c. |
| Manuscript |
LONDON - British Library - Egerton 2783 [12th-13th c.]
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| Place in Manuscript |
f. 264r |
| Palaeographical information |
The text is written in red ink. |
| Contextual information |
The epigram accompanies a miniature of an eagle, carrying a book. The eagle is symbol of John the Evangelist, whose name is written on the image. |
| Metre(s) |
Dodecasyllable
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| Genre(s) |
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| Subject(s) |
John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
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| Image source(s) |
http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=egerton_ms_2783_f264r
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| Bibliography |
Secondary
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British Museum, 1894, Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years. 1888-1893, London: 474
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R. Ricceri 2026, Text and Image, Text as Image: The Beauty of the Book in Byzantine Book Epigrams, in M. Cutino, F. Stella (eds.), Versus ad picturas. Text/Image Relation in Greek, Latin and Arabic Poetry, Berlin, 243-263: 256
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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://dbbe.ugent.be/occurrences/23679 |
