Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17105
(formerly occ/228)

	στίχ(οι) ἔτεροι ἴαμβοι

	Βροντὴ πέφυκεν· ἡ θε\|ηγόρος λύρα· \|
	Βροντῶσα κηρύττου\|σα· τῆ οἰκουμένη· \|
	Ἰωάννης ἄρρητον οὐσίαν \| μόνην·: \|
	Θείαν τριφεγγῆ· δημιουρ\|γὸν τῶν ὅλων· \|
	Ἔγνω γὰρ ὄντως· καὶ γρά\|φει θεία βίβλω· \|
	Καὶ νοῦν δαδουχεῖ· καὶ \| καταυγάζει φρένας·

Type(s)	[1891] Βροντὴ πέφυκεν ἡ θεηγόρος λύρα (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1151-1200
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 520 [1151-1200]
Place in Manuscript	f. 126v
Palaeographical information	The title and the initials of each verse are written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies a miniature of the evangelist John and is preceded by another epigram, inc. 'Βροντῆς γόνε, βρόντησον ὑψόθεν μέγα'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Image-related epigram
Subject(s)	John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.) Music
Image source(s)	http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=42&left=-20&top=-149&site=INTF&image=30163/0/2560/10/2003
Bibliography	Primary E. Follieri 1956, Epigrammi sugli Evangelisti dai codici Barberiniani greci 352 e 520, Bollettino della Badia Greca di Grottaferrata (BBGG), 10, 61-156: 152 I. Hutter, 2022, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Corpus der Italogriechischen dekorierten Handschriften der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (vol. 6.2), Stuttgart: 934 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 469-470 Secondary D. Pieralisi, 1836, Inventarium codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Barberinae (vol. 2), Vatican City: 182
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[23353] ροντὴ πέφυκεν, ἡ θεηγόρος λύρα [13th c.] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Υ.II.8 [13th c.] (f. 218r) (6 verses) (6/6) [18919] (…)ροντὴ πέφυκεν· ἡ θεηγόρος λύρα [12th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II A 3 [12th c.] (f. 113v) (6 verses) (6/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Maria Tomadaki, Ilse De Vos, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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