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Français : Ésaïe ou Isaïe
English: Manuscript illumination from a Greek manuscript psalter dated c. 940–960 AD, now in the National Library of France: the Paris Psalter (Parisianus graecus 139, folio 435 verso). The prophet Isiah (labelled: ΗϹΑΙΑϹ) flanked by Nyx ("Night"; Greek: Νύξ, Núx; Latin: Nox) and the Dawn (labelled "Όρθρος", "Orthros", "daybreak"). Daybreak is labelled and depicted as a boy carrying a flaming torch; Nyx is labelled and shown nimbate with a dark complexion, with dark clothes and a starry mantle, and holding an inverted flaming torch. The manus Dei appears to the top. The scene illustrates the Book of Isaiah 26:9:

"ἐκ νυκτὸς ὀρθρίζει τὸ πνεῦμά μου πρὸς σέ, ὁ θεός, διότι φῶς τὰ προστάγματά σου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς."

"In the night my spirit rises early toward you (possibly eagerly seeks you), O God, because your ordinances are a light upon the earth" (NETS)

NB: modern English translations do not use word the φῶς, "light", which is not in the Hebrew text. e.g.:

  • "With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness" (KJV)
  • "My soul yearns for you in the night; in the morning my spirit longs for you. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness." (NIV)
Source Manuscrit (Constantinople, Xe siècle) dit Psautier de Paris
Folio 435 verso
Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Mss., Grec 139)
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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current16:02, 17 April 2006Thumbnail for version as of 16:02, 17 April 2006770 × 890 (385 KB)Philippe Kurlapski'''Ésaïe''' ou '''Isaïe''' Manuscrit (Constantinople, Xe siècle) dit ''Psautier de Paris'' Folio 435 verso Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Mss., Grec 139) {{PD-old}}

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