Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20507
(formerly occ/4171)

	Στίχοι κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ βέστου καὶ Γρανάτου εἰς τήν δε τὴν βίβλον.

	Ὁ τήν δε θέλων ἀναγνῶναι τὴν βίβλον
	μὴ πρὸς τὸ μέτρον ἀπίδῃς τὸ τῶν στίχων,
	μὴ μαλακισθῇς τῷ σαφεῖ τῶν ῥημάτων
	μὴ σχῆμα τυχὸν ῥητορικόν που σκόπει
	μὴ φράσιν ἁβρῶς γλαφυρῶς τορνευμένην
	μὴ κόμπον ἄλλον ἄκροτόν τε ποικίλον
	μηδέν τι θέλγον ἀκοὰς ἀνηνύτως
	ἐκτὸς γὰρ αὕτη θελκτικοῦ παντὸς λόγου
	καὶ σῶμα τέρπον οὔμενουν ἤσκηκέ τι·
	ψυχὴν δὲ τὰ σῴζοντα καὶ θέλγεντά γε
	ἐνταῦθα πνευματικὰ τοίνυν ὄψει καὶ μόνον
	καὶ νοῦν θεωρὸν ἐνθέων διδαγμάτων,
	τῶν δ’ αὖ ἐκεῖθεν ἱκανὴν γνῶσιν λάβεις,
	ἐφ’ οἷς ἀναγνῷς, εἰσκοπήσεις εὐστόχως,
	οἷς καὶ δράσειας, τοὺς σεβασμίους λόγους
	τοῦ τῇδε τούτους εὐφυῶς γεγραφότος,
	ἀνδρὸς τιμίου καὶ γέροντος ἁγίου,
	θαύμαζε τοῦτον ἀξιῶν ἐγκωμίων,
	γέραιρε τίμα καὶ σεβάζου καὶ κάλει,
	φθάνειν ᾀεί σοι τοῦδε τὰς δυσωπίας,
	ἅς πρὸς τὸ θεῖον ἱλαρῶς ἀναφέρει.

Type(s)	[4055] Ὁ τήνδε θέλων ἀναγνῶναι τὴν βίβλον (21 verses)
Text source	Spyridon Lauriotes 1920, Βίβλος ἡ καλουμένη Διόπτρα, Ὁ Ἄθως, 1, 1-264: 10
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1095
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Ω 17 (Eustratiades 1827) [1095]
Place in Manuscript	f. 5r
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Philip Monotropos' Dioptra and is followed by a numerical riddle on the author's name.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Philip Monotropos (12th c.) (monotropos)
Bibliography	Primary S. Eustratiades, Spyridon Lauriotes, 1925, Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts in the Library of the Laura on Mount Athos, Cambridge: 326
Number of verses	21
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Occurrence 20507 (formerly occ/4171)

Occurrence 20507
(formerly occ/4171)