Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17378
(formerly occ/571)

	στίχ(οι):

	Εἴπερ κατέγνως ἀτρεκῶς ἁμαρτάδος ·:·
	Καὶ νητρεκῶς ἐφησθα φεύγειν τὸν βίον ·:·
	Τὴν βίβλον ἄζυξ ἰωάννου προὐμμάτων ·:·
	Ἀσκητικὰς βρίθουσαν οἴμας πλουσίως ·:·
	Ἔχειν ἀπαύστως μὴ παραιτήση πόθω ·:·
	Εἰ γὰρ κελεύθους εὐσταθῶς αὐτῆς δράμοις ·:·
	Ἔρωτι θερμῶ σώφρονι προαιρέσει ·:·
	Κραυγὰς βοήσεις κερτόμων στομυλμάτων ·:·
	Μακρούς τε λήρους ἀστικῶν ἀθυρμάτων ·:·
	Δόόξαν κενήν τε πάμπαν ἐκφύγοις φόβω ·:·
	Ἀλλ’ οὐδ’ ἀμείψοις τὰ φθορᾶς τῶν κρειττόνων ·:·
	Ἀλλ’ ἡδονῆς μὲν ἀντὶ καὶ χλιδῆς κόπους ·:·
	Γλυκεῖς ἐφεύροις ἀντὶ δόξης ἧς ἔχεις ·:·
	Κρημνοὺς ὀρόγκους. ἀντἰ δ’ εὐγλύφους στέγης ·:·
	Πέτραν τραχεῖαν. ἀντὶ δ’ εὐπαθοῦς βίου ·:·
	Μάζαν βραχεῖαν. ἀντὶ ποικίλων πέπλων ·:·
	Σισύραν ἕξοις. ἀντὶ δ’ εὐχίλου πότου ·:·
	Ὕδωρ διαυγές. ἄρτος οὐ μέτρου πλέον ·:·
	Ὕμνος τὸ δεῖπνον. ὄψον ἡ ψαλμωδία ·:·
	Αὐχμὸς δ’ ὁ κόσμος. ὠχρότης ἡ φαιδρότης ·:·
	Γαστὴρ φυγοῦσα. πλησμονὴν ἀφορδίων ·:·
	Εὐκοσμίας τὰ δῶρα ταῦτα σοι λέγω ·:·
	Ἅ ζωγραφήσας σῶ νοῒ φρικτῶς μέροψ ·:·
	Ἀπρὶξ κατάρχου τῆς ὁδοῦ τοῦ κ(υρίο)υ ·:·

Type(s)	[1926] Εἴπερ κατέγνως ἀτρεκῶς ἁμαρτάδος (24 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1070
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana A 152 sup. [1070]
Place in Manuscript	f. 213r
Person(s)	Patron Kosmas (11th c.) - VGH: 388.L Scribe Petros (11th c.) - VGH: 388.L
Palaeographical information	Written in majuscule, in red ink. Decorated with geometrical motives.
Contextual information	Written at the end of the Scala Paradisi.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Image source(s)	http://213.21.172.25/0b02da8280088a30
Bibliography	Primary K. Bentein, F. Bernard, M. De Groote, K. Demoen 2009, Book Epigrams in Honor of the Church Fathers: Some Inedita from the Eleventh Century, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS), 49(2), 281-294: 289-290 E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 1), Milan: 58 Secondary J. Boeten 2019, Byzantine Particles, a Case Study: Juxtaposed τε καί and δέ in Medieval Dodecasyllables, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS), 59, 529-550:
Number of verses	24
Related occurrence(s)	[20204] Εἴπερ κατέγνως ἀ\|τρεκῶς ἁμαρτάδος [1292] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagiou Saba 175 [1292] (f. 192v-193r) (24 verses) (24/24) [23605] Εἴπερ κατέγνως (...) [1451-1475] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II A 26 [1451-1475] (f. 201v) (24 verses) (2/24) [20202] Εἴπερ κατέγνως ἀτρεκῶς ἁμαρτάδος [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 862 [12th c.] (f. 301v-302r) (24 verses) (24/24)
Acknowledgements	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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Occurrence 17378 (formerly occ/571)

Occurrence 17378
(formerly occ/571)