Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18794
(formerly occ/2187)

	Ἰωσὴφ τόν μέγιστ<ον> πῶς ἐπαινέσω
	Ὡς κατάνυξιν <ταύτην τὴν> βίβλον λέγει
	Συμψάλλων γράφει τὴν <τῶν πτ>αιόντων λύσιν,
	Ἦσπερ οἱ σωζόμενοι αὐτ<ὴν αἰτ>οῦσιν
	φωτίζει πάντας <ὡς φῶς> ὑπάρχων ὅλως

Type(s)	[3052] Ἰωσὴφ τόν μέγιστον πῶς ἐπαινέσω (5 verses)
Text source	A. Mancini, 1907, Codices graeci monasterii Messanensis S. Salvatoris, Messina: 188
Text status	Text completely known
Date	12th c.
Manuscript	MESSINA - Biblioteca Universitaria - S. Salv. 121 [12th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 217v
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Joseph the Hymnographer (9th c.) - PMBZ: 25664: "Personenkennziffer: 23510"
Comment	The epigram is an acrostic.
Bibliography	Primary S. Rossi 1904, Catalogo dei codici greci dell'antico Monastero del SS. Salvatore che si conservano nella Biblioteca Universitaria di Messina, Archivio storico messinese, 5(1-2), 127-149: 134
Number of verses	5
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Raf Praet, 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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