Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20346
(formerly occ/4003)

+ στίχοι ἰαμβικοὶ εἰς τὸν | θεολόγον :-
 
ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν τεκόντα τ(ὸν) | κάτω·
λιπὼν, τεκόντα τὸν θ(εὸ)ν κτᾶται μόνο(ν)· |
ὡς παρθένος γὰρ πρὸς τὸν ἐκ τῆς παρθέν(ου)· |
καλοῦντα χ(ριστὸ)ν, οἷα συγγεν(ὴς) τρέχει·
ἐντεῦθεν εἰς | τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ γνησίως
πεσὼν, ἐκεῖθεν τ(ὴν) ἄβυ|σσον λαμβάνει
τῆς γνώσεως καὶ πάντα πλου||τεῖ τὸν κόσμ(ον)·
μυστηρίων ἄγνωστα καὶ τοῖς | ἀγγέλοις·
θεηγόροις τέταρτος οὖν ἰω(άννης)· |
εὐαγγελισταῖς· ἀλλʹ ἐν ὕψει δογμάτων,
πρῶτο(ς) | μέγιστος ἄκρος ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος :-
Type(s) [2029] Ὁ παρθένος τί; Τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω (11 verses)
Text source DBBE
Text status Text completely known
Date 13th c.
Manuscript ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 900 (olim 697) [13th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 301v-302r
Palaeographical information The ornamental cross (+) at the beginning of the poem is written in red ink.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s) John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Comment Eustratiades (1924: 168): 'Στίχοι ἰαμβικοὶ εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν εὐαγγελιστήν'.
Bibliography

Secondary

S. Eustratiades, V. Arkadios, 1924, Κατάλογος τῶν ἐν τῇ ἱερᾷ μονῇ Βατοπεδίου ἀποκειμένων κωδίκων, Cambridge: 168
Number of verses 11
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of Raf Praet.

Creator(s)
Raf Praet
Transcriber(s)
Ilse De Vos
Contributor(s)
Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri

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