Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17155
(formerly occ/281)

	+ ὁ μητροραίστης καὶ γένους ἀναιρέτης·
	ὁ τοῦ διὸς φεῦ τὸν τρόπον ὑπηρέτης·
	νέρων ὁ δεινὸς καὶ κατεβδελυγμένος
	ὠμῆς λεαίνης σκύμνος ἠγριωμένος·
	κτείνας σύνευνον· εἶτα χ(ριστο)ῦ ποιμένος
	τὸν ἄρνα παῦλον γῆς ὅλης τὸν ποιμένα.
	νῦν ἐστὶ βρῶμα τοῦ κυνὸς τοῦ κερβέρου·
	παῦλος τρυφᾶ τρυφῆς δὲ τῆς ζωηφόρου·
	φῶς τριττὸν ἁπλοῦν ὡς ὁρῶν θεαρχίας,
	ἔπαθλον εὑρὼν τὴν ἄνω σκηπτουχίαν·

Type(s)	[3170] Ὁ μητροραίστης καὶ γένους ἀναιρέτης (10 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	10th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 224 [10th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 6r
Palaeographical information	The text is written in Epigraphische Auszeichnungsmajuskel in golden ink.
Contextual information	The epigram follows a miniature representing St. Paul, on f. 5v.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Image-related epigram
Subject(s)	Kerberos Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (15/12/37 - 09/06/68) Paul (apostle, saint) Zeus
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10515748z/f19.image
Bibliography	Primary G. Karo, H. Lietzmann, 1902, Catenarum Graecarum Catalogus, Göttingen: 607 H. Omont, 1929, Miniatures des plus anciens manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale du VIe au XIVe Siècle, Paris: 49 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 132-133 K. Staab, 1926, Die Pauluskatenen nach den handschriftlichen Quellen untersucht, Rome: 119 Secondary 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: 123 (n. 26)
Number of verses	10
Related occurrence(s)	[18996] Ὁ μητροραίστης (καὶ) γένους ἀναιρέτης [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 217 [12th c.] (f. 16v) (10 verses) (10/10) [26380] Ὁ μητροραίστης (καὶ) γένους ἀναιρέτης [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 219 [11th c.] (f. 3r) (10 verses) (10/10) [24104] Ὁ μητροραίστης (καὶ) γένους ἀναιρέτης [11th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 34 (coll. 349) [11th c.] (f. 6r) (10 verses) (10/10)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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