Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17038
(formerly occ/155)

	Ὁ γρήγορος νοῦς, τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸ βιβλίον,
	λαμπτὴρ ὁ θεῖος, ἡ στάμνος τῶν δογμάτων,
	σύννους, ὁρᾷς, ἔνεστιν εἰκονισμένος,
	φαίνων παραινῶν· "νοῦς ἐστι τὸ βιβλίον·
	ὡς οἱ θέλοντες τοὺς ἐμοὺς νοεῖν λόγους
	τὸν νοῦν καθαρὸν ἔχειν ἐκ μολυσμάτων".

Type(s)	[2024] Ὁ γρήγορος νοῦς, τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸ βιβλίον, (6 verses)
Text source	A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, 1891, Ἱεροσολυμιτικὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου ἀποστολικοῦ τε καὶ καθολικοῦ ὀρθοδόξου πατριαρχικοῦ θρόνου τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ πάσης Παλαιστίνης ἀποκειμένων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων (vol. 1), Saint-Petersburg: 46
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghiou Taphou 14 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 2r
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Comment	This poem also appears in manuscripts of the thirteenth century: Mil. Bibl. Ambr. G 88 sup. (f. 3) en Par. Bibl. Nat. 2408 (f. 225v).
Bibliography	Primary C. Macé, V. Somers 2000, Sur la beauté du livre et la contemplation du divin… Édition et traduction de quelques adscripta métriques des manuscrits de Grégoire de Nazianze, in B. Coulie (ed.), Studia Nazianzenica (vol. 1), Leuven, 51-68: 66 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 85 J. Sajdak, 1914, Historia critica scholiastarum et commentatorum Gregorii Nazianzeni, Krakau: 273
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[20654] ὁ γρήγορος νοῦς \| τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ τὸ βιβλίο(ν) [1076-1125] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 88 sup. [1076-1125] (f. 3r) (6 verses) (1/6) [20655] Ὁ γρήγορος νοῦς τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸ βιβλίον [13th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2408 [13th c.] (f. 225v) (6 verses) (3/6) [17484] Ὁ γρήγορος νοῦς, τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ βιβλίον [11th c.] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 347 [11th c.] (f. 5v) (6 verses) (2/6)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Lotte van Olmen, Renaat Meesters, Raf Praet The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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