Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18884
(formerly occ/2288)

Τὴν βίβλον, ἣν στίλβουσαν, ἄνθρωπε, βλέπεις
τῶν χρυσολαμπῶν γραμμάτων τῇ συνθέσει,
Εὐαγγελιστῶν ἡ διπλῆ δυὰς γράφει.
Τί τοῦτο, διπλοῦς ζωγραφοῦσα τοὺς νόμους :
τὸν τῆς Παλαιᾶς καὶ Νέας. Πλὴν τὴν χάριν,
ἣν τῇ Νέᾳ δίδωσιν, ἐξαίρει πλέον,
κοσμῶν ὁ χρυσὸς τῇ γραφῇ τοῦ Βιβλίου,
ἐν ὧ τὰ πάντα, πολλαχῶς ἐσπαρμένα,
εἰς ἓν συνάψας ἐκ πόθου πολλοῦ Λέων,
ψυχαῖς τρυφὴν δίδωσι τὴν καθ᾽ ἡμέραν·
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἐκεῖθεν, σῆς τρυφῆς γεγευμένος,
Βίβλῳ γραφείη τῶν ἀεὶ ζώντων, Λόγ(ε).
Type(s) [3097] Τὴν βίβλον, ἣν στίλβουσαν ἄνθρωπε, βλέπεις (12 verses)
Text source D. Chabiaras 1916, Οἱ Βυζαντινοὶ αὐτοκράτορες Θεοδόσιος ὁ μικρὸς καὶ Λέων ὁ Σοφός: ἔξοχοι καλλιγραφεῖς, Ἐπετηρὶς τοῦ Φιλολογικοῦ Συλλόγου Παρνασσός, 12, 189-209: 199-200
Text status Text completely known
Date 10th-11th c.
Manuscript RHODOS - Historiko Archeio Dodekanêsou 2 [10th-11th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 217v
Person(s)
Patron
Leon (10th c.)
Palaeographical information It is followed by the poem: inc. Ἔργον τὸ τερπνὸν θερμὸν ἐμφαίνει πόθον.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)
Subject(s) Four Evangelists
Bibliography

Primary
Number of verses 12
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Delphine Nachtergaele
Contributor(s)
Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri

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