Standard abbreviation: Life Vir.
Other titles:
Clavis numbers: ECCA 635; CANT 91
Category: Epistles
Related literature: Life of Andrew, by Ephiphanius the Monk
Status: unassigned
Citing this resource (using Chicago Manual of Style):
1. SUMMARY
includes description of Jesus:
His face was beautiful, as the prophet David declared ‘He was fairer than the children of men ’ (Ps xlv 2), and so also was his stature. He had perfect legs, and red hair which was not very thick, but its curling was natural. The colour of his eyebrows was black, and they were not unduly arched. His eyes were of a dark-blue colour, and their glance expressed joy, like the description of David his forefather, who was of a red colour and characterised by beautiful eyes. In this way He (Christ) was of good appearance. His nose was aquiline, his beard red, and the hair of his head luxuriant and long. No razor had ever come near his head, and no man’s hand, except that of his mother at the time of his babyhood. His neck was slightly bent, and thus his stature was not very tali, straight and erect. His colour was golden brown, and his face was not round, but, like that of his mother, it was slightly inclining to be long.
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2. RESOURCES
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
3.1 Manuscripts and Editions
3.1.1 Latin
Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Cod. 930, fols. 215r–215v (1488)
3.2 Modern Translations
3.2.1 English
Cunningham, Mary B. Epiphanios the Monk: Life of Mary, the Theotokos, and Life and Acts of St Andrew the Apostle. Translated Texts for Byzantinists 13. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2023 (pp. 73–104).
3.3 General Works
