Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18475
(formerly occ/1818)

	Ἡ βίβλος ἥδε τῶν θεοφράστων λόγων
	κιρνᾶ κρατῆρα τοῖς βροτοῖς θείων λόγων
	τυφλοὺς σοφίζει καὶ χαρίζεται βλέπειν
	κόραις νοητῶν ὀμμάτων τῆς καρδίας
	χωλοὺς ἐγείρει, καὶ δρόμον σωτηρίας
	τρέχειν διδάσκει καὶ καταλύειν ἄνω
	οὗ δεῖ μάλιστα προστρέχειν ἐχεφρόνως.
	Ἐπεὶ δὲ ταῦτα προξενεῖ τοῖς ἐν βίω
	ποιθώμεθα πρὶν ἡκέναι πικρὸν τέλος
	χωρίζον ἡμᾶς κοσμικῆς συναυλίας
	εἰς πῦρ πρόπεμπον, ὢ μεγίστης ζημίας
	ψυχῆ[ς] γὰρ οἴμοι ζημιούμεθα, φίλοι.

Type(s)	[2802] Ἡ βίβλος ἥδε τῶν θεοφράστων λόγων (12 verses)
Text source	L. Politis 1971, Κατάλογος χειρογράφων Ἐκκλησίας Παναγίας Λίνδου, Ελληνικά, 24, 33-53: 38
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	RHODOS - Naos tes Panagias (Lindos) 2 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 104v
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Comment	First letters on each verse are written in red. Punctuation is done by Politis-Kollias (1971: 38).
Number of verses	12
Related occurrence(s)	[20439] Ἡ βίβλος ἥδη τῶν θεοφράστων λόγων [1301-1325] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Α 65 (Eustratiades 65) [1301-1325] (f. 167v) (12 verses) (7/12) [18534] ἡ βίβλο(ς) ἡδε τῶν θεοπνεύστων λόγων [1286] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 641 [1286] (f. 466v) (8 verses) (1/12) [24121] ἡ βίβλος ἥδε τῶν Βασιλείου λόγων [11th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 56 (coll. 456) [11th c.] (f. 351r -- (gen.) on the top) (2 verses) (1/12)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Dimitrios Skrekas
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Last modified: 2013-11-29.