Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19706
(formerly occ/3248)

	στίχοι εἰς τ(ὸν) ἅγιον ἰω(άννην) τὸν εὐα(γγελιστὴν) καὶ θεολόγ(ον):-

	Βροντῆς γόνον σε χριστὸς εἰκότος ἔφη:∙
	Ὡς τὴν ἄναρχον πατρὸς ἐξ αναιτίου:∙
	Γέννησην αὐτοῦ σοῖς θεοφθόγγοις λόγοις∙
	Μέγιστα βροντίσαντα τῆ κτίσει πασι:∙
	Εὐαγγελιστὰ παμμάκαρ (καὶ) παρθένε:∙
	Φωστὴρ ἰωάννη τε τῶν ἀποστόλων:∙
	Καὶ πλείων αὐτῶν κυρίω πεφιλμένε:∙
	Ἀλλ’ ὡς πρὸς αὐτὸν νῦν ἔχων παρρησίαν:∙
	Ἄνωθεν αἰτοῦ τὴν λύσιν τῶν πταισμάτων:∙
	Κἀμοὶ δοθῆναι τῶ πόθω κεκτημένω,
	Τὴν παντὸς ὄλβου τήνδε τιμιωτέραν,
	Τῶν σῶν φαεινῶν, δογμάτων θείαν βίβλον:

Type(s)	[1885] Βροντῆς γόνον σε Χριστὸς εἰκότως ἔφη (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1131
Manuscript	OXFORD - Christ Church College 29 [1131]
Place in Manuscript	f. 124r
Person(s)	Patron Hilarion (12th c.) (monachos) Scribe Konon (12th c.) - RGK: I.234 (metropolites)
Contextual information	The epigram precedes the Gospel of John.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Image source(s)	http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=24&left=0&top=5&site=INTF&image=30513/0/2480/10/753
Bibliography	Primary K. Bentein, F. Bernard 2011, A Cycle of Book Epigrams in Honour of the Four Evangelists., Scriptorium, 65, 237-249: 245 G. Kitchin, 1867, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum qui in Bibliotheca Aedis Christi apud Oxonienses adservantur, Oxford: 15 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 321-322
Number of verses	12
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Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'. Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Ilse De Vos
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