Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17655
(formerly occ/897)

	ὁ χρύσεος νοῦς τὸ \| στόμα τὸ χρυσίζον: \|
	ἐκ τῶν ἀδύτων τὴν \| πηγὴν ἐξαντλῆσας: \|
	ἡμῖν τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ φιλαν(θρωπ)ίαν νέμει: \|
	τὴν συγχώρησιν τῶν \| ἐσφαλμένων πάντων: \|
	ὡς ἁμαρτία οὐκ ἔστιν \| ἐν τῶ βίω: \|
	βοᾶ νικῶσα τὴν θ(εο)ῦ \| εὐσπλαγχνίαν:

Type(s)	[2224] Ὁ χρύσεος νοῦς τὸ στόμα τὸ χρυσίζον (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th-12th c.
Manuscript	CAMBRIDGE - Trinity College - B 8.7 [11th-12th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 215v
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of John Chrysostom's 8th homily on Repentance.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	John Chrysostom (saint)
Comment	James (1900: 246) gives only incipit and desinit.
Image source(s)	https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.8.7/UV#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=439&r=0&xywh=-4272%2C0%2C13927%2C7367
Bibliography	Primary M. James, 1900, The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. A Descriptive Catalogue (vol. 1), Cambridge: 246
Number of verses	6
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Sien De Groot, 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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