Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17061
(formerly occ/176)

καὶ πάντα καλὰ τὰ καλὰ εἴη λίαν
τοῖς προστρέχουσι πλεῖστα ὡς ἔστι φέρειν·
πολλῷ δὲ μᾶλλον ἕν γε καὶ τοῦτο πέλει,
ὡς πᾶς τις εἴποι τὴν ἀλήθειαν πάνυ,
τὸ τοῖς ναοῖς χρήματα οἷς οἷον φέρειν·
ὅς ἐστιν αὐτὸς Λέων ὁ λογοθέτης
σὺν τῇ συζύγῳ εὐγενεστάτῃ Ἄννῃ·
αὐτῶν γὰρ ἐκ κόπων τὲ καὶ τῶν ἰδίων
θησαυρισμάτων, ἀναλωμάτων ἴσως,
τὴν ὠφέλιμον τῷ βροτῶν πάντων στίφει
βίβλον προσεκτήσαντο τὴν τοῦ κυρίου
ἀποστόλων φύουσαν τετάρρων λόγους
τρανῶς ἐπαΐδοντι τῷ Ἰωάννῃ,
Χρυσοστόμῳ δή, φημὶ τῷ παναγίῳ·
ἣν οἱ κρατοῦντες χερσὶν ἐν ταῖς ἰδίαις
σαυτοὺς ὀνοῦντες κατοκνεῖτε μηδʹ ὅλως
εὐχαῖς ἀμείβοιν τὴν δόσιν τοῖς τὴν βίβλου.
Type(s) [3048] καὶ πάντα καλὰ τὰ καλὰ εἴη λίαν (17 verses)
Text source A. Mancini, 1907, Codices graeci monasterii Messanensis S. Salvatoris, Messina: 31
Text status Text completely known
Date 12th c.
Manuscript MESSINA - Biblioteca Universitaria - S. Salv. 20 [12th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 227v
Person(s)
Patron
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Patron-related epigram
Subject(s) John Chrysostom (saint)
Image source(s) http://www.bibliome.it/ms-gr-020/
Bibliography

Primary

S. Rossi 1902, Catalogo dei codici greci dell' antico Monastero del SS. Salvatore che si conservano nella Biblioteca Universitaria di Messina, Archivio storico messinese, 2, 78-101: 92
Number of verses 17
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Delphine Nachtergaele
Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri, Nina Vanhoutte, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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