Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18943
(formerly occ/2354)

στίχοι ἰαμβικοὶ εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Διονύσιον ἀρεοπαγίτην Χριστοφόρου πατρικίου τοῦ μιτυληναίου
 
Ἐγώ, Διονύσιε, τολμῶ καὶ λέγειν
ὡς οὐκ ἐπλάσθης ἐν γυναικὸς κοιλίᾳ,
ἀλλ᾽ ἀγγέλοις μάλιστα συντεταγμένος
ἄνωθεν ἦλθες ἐκ πόλου, φύσις ξένη,
βροτοὺς ἀπαγγέλουσα πάντα πρὸς μέρος
τὰ τῶν ἀΰλων ταγμάτων ὅπωσχει.
οὕτω γινώσκεις τὰς ἀΰλους οὐσίας·
οὕτω θεωρεῖς ἐνθέους θεωρίας·
οὕτω θεωρεῖς τὰς φύσεις τῶν ἀγγέλων·
οὕτω — τὸ μεῖζον — ἄγγελος σὺ τὴν φύσιν.
Type(s) [3119] Ἐγώ, Διονύσιε, τολμῶ καὶ λέγειν (10 verses)
Text source M. De Groote, 2012, Christophori Mitylenaii Versuum Variorum Collectio Cryptensis, Turnhout: 80
Text status Text completely known
Date 14th c.
Manuscript NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II B 5 [1326-1375]
Place in Manuscript f. 2v
Contextual information This epigram accompanies an image of Dionysius the Aeropagite (Mioni (1992:103)).
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s) Pseudo-Dionysios the Areopagite (5th c. - 6th c.) - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Comment Mioni (1992: 103) gives no text. The text of this occurrence has been reconstructed through the critical apparatus in De Groote (2012: 80).
Bibliography

Primary

G. Pierleoni, 1962, Catalogus codicum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Neapolitanae (vol. 1), Roma: 137

Secondary
Number of verses 10
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Delphine Nachtergaele - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Contributor(s)
Sien De Groot - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Rachele Ricceri - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:

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