Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17208
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	Στίχοι

	βροντῶν τὰ θεῖα τῆ βοῆ τῶν δογμάτων:\|
	ἤχησας ὄντως τὴν ὑπ' οὐ(ρα)νόν μάκαρ:\|
	καὶ πάσας ἀπρὶξ μαράνας τὰς αἱρέσεις:\|
	τὸν κόσμον ἐστήρηξας ἐν τοῖς σοῖς λόγοις:\|
	πηγὴν ἄληκτον παγχρύσων λόγων βλύσας·\|
	ὅλην κατάρδης τὴν ὑφήλιον μάκαρ:\|
	θύρας δ' ἀνοίγων τοῖς βροτοῖς σωτηρίας:\|
	εἰς οὐ(ρα)νοὺς τὸν κόσμον ἐκπέμπεις ὅλον:\|
	ἤστραψας αἴγλη τοῦ φαεινοῦ σου βίου:\|
	καί φαιδρύνεις τὸν κόσμον ἔργοις καὶ λόγοις:\|
	λαβὼν δὲ τὰς κλεῖς κ' αὐτὸς ὡς πέτρος νέος:\|
	φύλαξ ὑπάρχης τῆς πάσης ἐκ\|κλησίας:\|

Type(s)	[1893] Βροντῶν τὰ θεῖα τῇ βοῇ τῶν δογμάτων (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	10th-11th c.
Manuscript	FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 8 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 158v
Person(s)	Scribe Nikolaos (10th-11th c.) - VGH: 361.F - PMBZ: 28232: "Personenkennziffer: 26078"
Palaeographical information	The epigram is inscribed in a colourful circle. The initials are in red ink.
Contextual information	These verses are part of a cycle of epigram and are followed by a subscription.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Image source(s)	http://teca.bmlonline.it/ImageViewer/servlet/ImageViewer?idr=TECA0000077242&keyworks=plut.07.08#page/322/mode/1up
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 215 W. Hörandner 1994, Ergänzendes zu den byzantinischen Carmina Figurata. Akrosticha im Cod. Laur. Plut. VII 8, in A. Carile, G. Giarrizzo (eds.), Sundesmos. Studi in onore di Rosario Anastasi, Catania, 190-202: 197-198 M. Lauxtermann, 2003, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 1), Vienna: 170-173 V. Somers 1999, Quelques poèmes en l'honneur de S. Grégoire de Nazianze: édition critique, traduction et commentaire, Byzantion, 69(2), 528-564: 539-542
Number of verses	12
Related occurrence(s)	[23161] Βροντῶν τὰ θεία τῆ βοῆ \| τῶν δογμάτων [10th-11th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 177 [10th-11th c.] (f. 1v) (12 verses) (12/12) [22552] Βροντῶν τὰ θεία τῆ βοῆ τῶν δογμάτων [01/09/971-31/08/972] LONDON - British Library - Add. 18231 [01/09/971-31/08/972] (f. 87r) (12 verses) (12/12) [23162] Βροντῶν τὰ θεῖα τῆ βοῆ τῶν \| δογμάτων [10th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2061 [10th c.] (f. 136v) (12 verses) (12/12)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Lotte van Olmen, Kristoffel Demoen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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