Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17010
(formerly occ/134)

	Σιγᾶν πέπεικε τὴν θρασύστομον φρένα,
	τὸ χρυσόρειθρον τῶν νοημάτων στόμα.

Type(s)	[2069] Σιγᾶν πέπεικε τὴν θρασύστομον φρένα (2 verses)
Text source	I. Sakkelion, A. Sakkelion, 1892, Κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς Ἐθνικῆς Βιβλιοθήκης τῆς Ἑλλάδος, Athens: 86
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 450 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 221v
Palaeographical information	Marava-Chatzinicolaou (1997: 124): 'scribe's script'.
Contextual information	The epigram refers to John Chrysostomos' Contra Iudaeos.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	John Chrysostom (saint)
Bibliography	Primary A. Marava-Chatzinikolaou, C. Toufexi-Paschou, 1997, Catalogue of the Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece. Homilies of the Church Fathers and Menologia 9th-12th Century (vol. 3), Athens: 124
Number of verses	2
Related occurrence(s)	[18006] σιγᾶν πέπεικε τὴν θρα\|σύστομον φρένα [11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 570 [11th c.] (f. 146r) (2 verses) (2/2)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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