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Commentaries of Gregory of Nazianzus, Byzantine, 879-883AD
f.69v. (5th register) Story of Joseph


A larger detail of the triumph of Joseph standing on the chariot holding a standard, f.69v, 'Commentaries of Gregory of Nazianzus', Byzantine, BnF Grec 510

Titre : Grégoire de Nazianze, manuscrit dédié à l'empereur Basile Ier le Macédonien.
Date d'édition : 0879-0883
Type : manuscrit
Langue : Grec
Format : Parchemin. - 465 fol. - Onciale. - Peint. - 435 x 300 mm
Description : Grégoire de Nazianze, Homélies.
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Grec 510

Miniature au folio 69 v: scènes de la vie de Joseph réparties sur cinq registres. Premier registre: Jacob flanqué de Benjamin envoie Joseph vers ses frères, Joseph rejoint ses frères; deuxième registre: Joseph est précipité dans le puits, ses frères ensanglantent sa tunique et la montrent à leur père; troisième registre: les frères de Joseph le tirent du puits et s'accordent pour le vendre à des marchands ismaélites; quatrième registre: ses frères vendent Joseph aux marchands, qui le conduisent en Egypte; cinquième registre: Potiphar achète Joseph, Joseph fuit la femme de Potiphar, Pharaon et Joseph, triomphe de Joseph debout sur le char. Cf. Brubaker, Vision and Meaning, pp. 173-179, 316-328. 10 (ff. 72-75) In Gregorium Nyssenum (CPG 3010.11, BHG 716).
Miniature on folio 69 v: scenes of the life of Joseph spread over five registers. First register: Jacob flanked by Benjamin sends Joseph to his brothers, Joseph joins his brothers; second register: Joseph is thrown into the well, his brothers bloody his tunic and show it to their father; third register: the brothers of Joseph draw him from the well and agree to sell him to Ismaili merchants; fourth register: his brothers sell Joseph to the merchants, who bring him to Egypt; fifth register: Potiphar buys Joseph, Joseph flees Potiphar's wife, Pharaoh and Joseph, triumph of Joseph standing on the chariot. See Brubaker, Vision and Meaning, pp. 173-179, 316-328. (Ff 72-75) In Gregorium Nyssenum (GC 3010.11, BHG 716)

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the fifth and final register presents a more compressed sequence: 'Potiphar buys Joseph' (Genesis 37:35 and 39:1);¹²⁷ Joseph flees Potiphar's wife (Genesis 39:12);¹²⁸ Pharaoh invests Joseph (Genesis 41:41-42);¹²⁹ and Joseph (ΙΩCΗΦ) appears in triumph, standing in a chariot (Genesis 41:43).
Source: p.173, Vision and Meaning in Ninth-Century Byzantium by Leslie Brubaker