Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17804
(formerly occ/1065)

	Πρᾶξις νοερᾶ τ(ῶν) ἁγίων π(ατέ)ρων·
	ἐνταῦθ᾿ ἀναγέγραπται τ(οῖς) βουλομέν(οις):
	πρὸς τ(ὴν) κατεχθρῶν ἀποδύσασθ(αι) μάχ(ην):·
	ἥνπερ ἐξεικόνησ(εν) ὁ πλάστης πάντ(ων):-
	ἐν τ(ῶ) τρισσῶ πολέμω τῶ τοῦ βελίαρ:-
	ἡδονήν τε δόξαν (καὶ) χρήματα πάντα:-
	δόσιν ὑπησχνούμ(εν)ος εἴπερ ἀκούση
	πέσει πρὸς κυνήσει τὲ ἔδει γέης:-
	ἥνπερ οἱ ἀπόστολοι παραλαβόντες
	τῶν π(ατέ)ρων ὅμιλος ἱεραρχῶν τε:-
	πᾶσα ἡ ὁμίγηρις τ(ῶν) θειοτάτων:-
	ταύτ(ην) ἐνεχάραξ(αν) πήναξι θείαις:-
	τ(οῖς) μετ’ αὐτούς γε τ(ὴν) ὁδ(ὸν) ταύτην εἴπερ:-
	βαίν(ειν) ἐθελήσωσι σὺν ὄλω πόθω:-
	πλάν(ην) μηδαμῶς ὑποπτεύειν ἐνταύθα:-
	ὡς βασιλικωτ(ά)τ(ην) ὡς θείαν τρίβον:-
	ὡς ἵσα παρεκλίνουσ(αν) ἐξ ἑκάτερα μέρι:-
	τὰ δεξιᾶ τε καὶ εὐώνυμα πάντα:-

Type(s)	[5556] Πρᾶξις νοερὰ τῶν ἁγίων πατέρων (1 verse) [2353] Ἐνταῦθ᾿ ἀναγέγραπται τοῖς βουλομένοις (17 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 735 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 241v
Palaeographical information	Initial written in red ink. Written in columns, to be read horizontally.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Comment	Devreesse (1950: 244) gives only the first and the last verse. Verses are not always perfect dodecasyllables. It is not sure whether the first line functions as a metrical title to the epigram.
Bibliography	Primary R. Devreesse, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 604-866 (vol. 3), Vatican City: 244 Secondary E. De Ridder 2019, An Ascetic Miscellany from the Late Thirteenth Century: the Atheniensis, Bibliothecae Nationalis 322, in B. Roosen, P. Van Deun (eds.), The Literary Legacy of Byzantium. Editions, Translations, and Studies in Honour of Joseph A. Munitiz, Turnhout, 189-212: 201
Number of verses	18
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri, Mathijs Clement The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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