Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17158
(formerly occ/284)

	ἡ βίβλος αὕτη ταῦτα συμπεριγράφει·:·
	τὴν ἐκκάλυψιν τὴν ἰωάννου δέχου·:·
	τοῦ φῶς ἀπαστράψαντος ὡς βροντῆς γόνου.·:·
	ἰωάννου πρόρρησις ἀψευδεστάτη·:·
	ἰωάννου μύησις ἡ κεκρυμμένη·:·

Type(s)	[3165] Ἡ βίβλος αὕτη ταῦτα συμπεριγράφει (1 verse) [3167] Τὴν ἐκκάλυψιν τὴν Ἰωάννου δέχου (2 verses) [3168] Ἰωάννου μύησις ἡ κεκρυμμένη (1 verse) [3169] Ἰωάννου πρόρρησις ἀψευδεστάτη (1 verse)
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. 222v
Contextual information	On f. 222v, there is a full-page miniature that depicts a rectangular frame with floral elements and five circles pointing to a cross-shape. In each of the circles a dodecasyllable, written in golden Alexandrinische Auszeichnungsmajuskel, is inscribed. The very same verses can be found elsewhere in the manuscript, namely vv. 1, 2, 3 and 4 on f. 1r, and v. 5 on f. 223r.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10515748z/f466.item
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: 134-135
Number of verses	5
Related occurrence(s)	[18995] ἡ βίβλος αὕτη ταῦτα συμπεριγράφει [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 217 [12th c.] (f. 16v) (1 verse) (1/5) [26379] Τὴν ἐκκάλυψιν τὴν ἰωάννου δέχου [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 219 [11th c.] (f. 3r) (2 verses) (2/5) [26378] ἡ βίβλος αὕτη ταῦτα συμπε(ρι)γράφει [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 219 [11th c.] (f. 3r) (1 verse) (1/5) [26384] Ὅνπερ πέπομφε παῦλος ἐν ῥώμῃ λόγον [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 219 [11th c.] (f. 4v) (16 verses) (2/5) [26407] ἰωάννου μύησις ἡ κεκρυμμένη [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 219 [11th c.] (f. 257r) (1 verse) (1/5) [26406] ἰωάννου πρόρρησις ἀψευδεστάτη [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 219 [11th c.] (f. 257r) (1 verse) (1/5) [26408] ἰωάννου πρόρρησις ἀψευ\|δεστάτη [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 219 [11th c.] (f. 312r) (1 verse) (1/5) [23537] Τὴν ἐκκάλυψιν τὴν \| ἰωάννου δέχου, \| [10th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 224 [10th c.] (f. 1r) (2 verses) (2/5) [23530] Ἡ βίβλος αὕτη, ταῦτα συμπεριγράφει [10th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 224 [10th c.] (f. 1r) (1 verse) (1/5) [26416] ἰωάννου πρόρρησις ἀψευδεστάτη [10th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 224 [10th c.] (f. 1r) (1 verse) (1/5) [23546] ἰωάννου μύησις ἡ κεκρυμμένη [10th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 224 [10th c.] (f. 223r) (1 verse) (1/5) [24100] Ὅνπερ πέπομφε παῦλος ἐν ῥώ\|μη λόγων [11th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 34 (coll. 349) [11th c.] (f. 5r) (15 verses) (1/5) [24103] Τὴν ἐκκάλυψιν τὴν ἰωάννου δέχου [11th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 34 (coll. 349) [11th c.] (f. 6r) (2 verses) (2/5) [24094] Ἡ βίβλος αὕτη ταῦτα συμπεριγράφει [11th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 34 (coll. 349) [11th c.] (f. 6r) (1 verse) (1/5) display 11 more occurrences (14 in total) hide 11 occurrences (14 in total)
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