Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5885
(formerly typ/3905)

Ἀλγῶ τὸν ὦμον· σὺ δ' ὀρύττειν οὐ θέλεις.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 449
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature
Translation(s)	Meine Schulter tut weh. Du aber willst nicht graben! Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 449
Comment	The verse is conceived as a dialogue. The reference to Joshua 18.9 is very vague.
Bibliography
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[23325] ἀλγῶ τὸν ὦμ(ον) \| σὺ δ' ὀρύττ(ειν) \| οὐ θέλεις [12th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 602 [12th c.] (f. 384r) (1 verse) [26916] ἀλγῶ τ(ὸν) ὦμον· \| σύ δ' ὀρύττειν \| οὐ θέλεις [12th c.] IZMIR - Euaggelike Schole A-01 [12th c.] (f. 234v) (1 verse) [26915] ἀλγῶ τὸν ὦμον σύ δ' ὀ\|ρύττειν οὐ θέλεις [1101-1150] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 746 [1101-1150] (f. 461v) (1 verse)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Identification	BEiÜ IV, VAT71 Vassis ICB 2005, 28: "In imaginem partitionis terrae (Ios. 18.9)"
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