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Occurrence 17130
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	※ 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)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) John Chrysostom (saint) Paul (apostle, saint)
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
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen, R. Ricceri, M. Tomadaki 2021, Paul in Byzantine Book Epigrams, in M. Cacouros, J. Sautel (eds.), Des cahiers à l'histoire de la culture à Byzance. Hommage à Paul Canart, codicologue (1927-2017), Leuven / Paris / Bristol, 117-134: 124 (n. 32)-125 (n. 32) O. Demus 1960, Two Palaeologan Mosaic Icons in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 14, 89-119: 111 C. Gallavotti 1985- 1986, Note su testi e scrittori di codici greci, Rivista di Studi Bizantini e Neoellenici (RSBN), 22- 23, 191-207: 203 A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, 1894, 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. 2), Saint-Petersburg: 77
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 The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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