Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17130
(formerly occ/251)

※ χ(ριστο)ῦ στόμα πέφυκε τοῦ παύλου στόμα·
στόμα δὲ παύλου τὸ χρυσοστόμου στόμα ·:·
Type(s) [4312] Χριστοῦ στόμα πέφυκε τὸ Παύλου στόμα (2 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 11th c.
Manuscript JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagiou Saba 33 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 189r
Palaeographical information Written by a different hand in the lower margin.
Contextual information The epigram functions as a marginal scholium to a passage of the biographical legend of Chrysostom, according to which Paul was whispering into his ear the exegesis of his epistles (Demoen, Ricceri & Tomadaki (2021: 124-125)).
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s)
Comment Note the pun on the name of the praised author.

According to Demus (1960: 111) the idea that 'St. John Chrysostom inherited the gift of words from St. Paul who had it from Christ' is a typical motive; cf. 'Ἰδοὺ λαλοῦσιν ὡς διηρμηνευκότες'.
Image source(s) https://www.loc.gov/resource/amedmonastery.00279393764-jo/?sp=196
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Number of verses 2
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Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Dimitrios Skrekas
Transcriber(s)
Nina Sietis
Contributor(s)
Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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