Occurrence 17065
(formerly occ/181)

Ὄντως ἔρωτα θεῖον ἐνστερνισμἐνος
κινῶν τε τὸν νοῦν πρὸς βιωφελεῖς τρίβους·
καὶ πνέ(υματο)ς τα θεῖα συζητῶν βάθει·
καὶ τῆς γραφῆς τὸν πλοῦτον ἐν ψυχῆ φέρων·
ταύτην ἐναργῶς καὶ θεοφρόνως ἄγαν·
ἔτευξε βίβλον ὡς θεογράφους πλάκας·
βασίλειος ὁ πρῶτος τῶν νοταρίων·
τιμαῖς ἀνάκτων εὐσεβῶς διεξάγων˙
Πράξεις φέρουσα τῶν μαθητῶν τοῦ λόγου·
νόμους τε τούτων καὶ σοφὰς παραινέσεις·
ὡς ἂν διʹ αὐτῶν βελτιωθεὶς τὸν βίον
καὶ τὰς ἐν αὐτῶ δυσχερεῖς περιστάσεις·
κατευμαρίζων καὶ διευθύνων ἅμα·
εὕροι συνεργοὺς πάσιν ἐν τοῖς πρακτέοις·
ψυχῆς τε καὶ μάλιστα θερμοὺς προστάτας. +
Type(s) [4557] Ὄντως ἔρωτα θεῖον ἐνστερνισάμενος (15 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 11th c.
Manuscript PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 15 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 356r
Person(s)
Patron
Basileios (11th c.) (notarios)
Contextual information This epigram is the first in a series of three book epigrams.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s) Acts of the Apostles
Comment Sakkelion (1890: 7) reads in verse 1 ἐνστερνισάμενος, whilst Kominis (1988: 26) correctly reads ἐνστερνισμένος. Ἐνστερνισάμενος, however, gives a thirteen-syllable verse.
Image source(s) http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=49&left=5&top=-98&site=INTF&image=31162/0/7190/20/2402
Bibliography
Number of verses 15
Acknowledgements Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'.

Transcriber(s)

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