Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17153
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+ χαρισμάτων ἄβυσσε (καὶ) ἀστὴρ λόγων·
θαλάττιον βάτραχον εἰς χέρσον δέχου·
πλὴν οὐχ ἁλιεῖς ἀλλ' ὁ σὸς φίλ(ος) μόνος.
ἀνεῖλ(εν) αὐτὸν ἀργυροῦν κλώσας βρόχον.
Type(s) [5089] Χαρισμάτων ἄβυσσε καὶ ἀστὴρ λόγων (4 verses)
Text source DBBE
Text status Text completely known
Date 11th c.
Manuscript SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 341 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 1r -- (gen.) lower part of page
Palaeographical information Written in columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information The epigram precedes sixteen liturgical homilies by Gregory of Nazianzus.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s) Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Image source(s) https://www.loc.gov/resource/amedmonastery.00279380988-ms/?sp=3
Bibliography

Primary

J. Noret 1978, Les manuscrits sinaïtiques de Grégoire de Nazianze (1re partie), Byzantion, 48(1), 146-207: 167

Secondary

K. Weitzmann, G. Galavaris, 1990, The Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai. The Illuminated Greek Manuscripts. From the Ninth to the Twelfth Century (vol. 1), Princeton: 108
Number of verses 4
Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)
Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri, Maria Tomadaki

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