Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18221
(formerly occ/1546)

	+βροντῆς γόνε βρόντησον ὑψόθεν μέγα,
	Καὶ σήμανον πῶς ἡ προάρχιος φύσις,
	θ(εὸ)ς βροτός τὲ κ(αὶ) θ(εὸ)ς πάλιν μένει·
	δίδου δὲ λύσιν τῶν οφλημάτ(ων) τοῦ βίου,+

Type(s)	[1887] Βροντῆς γόνε, βρόντησον ὑψόθεν μέγα (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1331
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Iberon 1405 [1331]
Place in Manuscript	f. 131v
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is the third in a series of three epigrams on John the Evangelist. They precede the Gospel of John.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Comment	Soteroudes (2007: 55) gives no text, but refers to von Soden (1902: 380.19) and Kominis (1951: 274).
Bibliography	Secondary A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 283 P. Sotiroudis, 2007, Ἱερὰ Μονὴ Ἰβήρων. Κατάλογος ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων. 1387-1568 (vol. 11), Mount Athos: 55
Number of verses	5
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Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of Raf Praet. Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of Renaat Meesters. Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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