Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18898
(formerly occ/2303)

	Στίχοι ἴαμβοι τοῦ ἐν μοναχοῖς ἐλαχίστου Κοσμᾶ

	Τριπλῆς δεκάδος τὰς ἀναβάσεις βλέπων
	ἅπας μοναχὸς εὑτόνως βαδιζέτω
	σπεύδων πρός αὐτὴν βαθμίδα τὴν ἐσχάτην
	τὴν γὰρ κατ᾽ ἀρχὰς ἅπας ὑπερανέβη
	κἄν μὴ καλῶς πέφευγε τοὺς Αἰγυπτίους
	ἀλλ᾽ ἐν λογισμῷ τῶν λεβήτων τὰ κρέα
	καὶ τὸ σκοτεινὸν ἀμφαγαπᾷ χωρίον
	φύγωμεν οὐκοῦν κοσμικᾶς ἀκοσμίας
	ὡς ἂν ἐπάνω τῆς κατ᾽ ἀρχὰς βαθμίδος
	στῶμεν ποσὶν ἅπαντες ἠδραιωμένοις
	ἑξῆς δὲ πάλιν τῇ Θεοῦ συνεργίᾳ
	καὶ πρὸς τὰς ἄλλας ἀναβῶμεν βαθμίδας
	καὶ δὴ φθάσαντες εἴθε καὶ τὴν ἐσχάτην
	ἴδοιμεν αὐτὴν τὴν χάραν τοῦ Κυρίου
	εἰδ᾽ αὖ ραθύμως ἀναβῶμεν τὴν κάτω
	οὑ μὴ φθάσωμεν τὴν βάσιν τῆς δευτέρας
	λοιπὸν ριφέντες τῆς Κλίμακος ἀθλίως
	ἀχθῶμεν οἴμοι πρὸς βασάνου τὸν τόπον

Type(s)	[3107] Τριπλῆς δεκάδος τὰς ἀναβάσεις βλέπων (18 verses)
Text source	S. Eustratiades 1919, Κατάλογος τῶν ἐν τῇ μονῇ τῶν Βλατέων ἀποκειμένων κωδίκων, Γρηγόριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς, 3, 74-91: 85
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	THESSALONIKI - Mone Blatadon 76 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 216r
Person(s)	Scribe Kosmas (15th c.) (monachos)
Contextual information	Τhe epigram follows the 'The Ladder of Divine Ascent' of John Klimax.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Bibliography	Primary S. Eustratiades, 1918, Κατάλογος τῶν ἐν τῇ μονῇ Βλατέων ἀποκειμένων κωδίκων, Thessaloniki: 118
Number of verses	18
Related occurrence(s)	[25420] Τριπλῆς δεκάδος τὰς ἀναβάσεις βλέπων [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Γ 45 (Eustratiades 285) [14th c.] (f. 326r) (18 verses) (18/18) [20229] Τριπλῆς δεκάδος (...) [14th c.] PERUGIA - Biblioteca Comunale Augusta 379 (F 53) [14th c.] (f. 173r) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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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Last modified: 2019-08-02.