Occurrence 20649
(formerly occ/4324)

Ἄριστα λία καὶ θεόπνευστα πάντα,
Τὰ συγγράμματα πατέρων τῶν ὁσίων·
Τοῦ δέ γε θείου τὸ παρὸν ἰωάννου,
Πόνημα καὶ μάλιστα διαφερόντως·
Ὅτι καλλίστως καὶ εὐκρινῶς ἐν τούτῳ,
Ἐξαποπλέκει πλεκτάνας παθημάτων:
Εἴκειν δ’ εὐφυῶς, τῷ λόγῳ ὑφηγεῖται·
Σκαιῶν δ’ἐννοιῶν καὶ σκοτεινῶν πνευμάτων·
Ποιεῖ τηλαυγῶς διακρίνειν τὴν πλάνην·
Τίς δ’οὗτος εἱρμὸν ἢ σύνθεσιν ἢ τάξιν,
Ἀρετῆς ἐκδέδωκεν ὥσπερ ἐκεῖνος·
Ταύτην τευχάνας οἱονεὶ καὶ συθήρας·
Ὣςπέρ τινα κλίμακα τοὺς ἑλομένους·
Εἰς ὕψος ἀνάγουσαν θεολογί(ας)·
Θεωρίας τε τ(ῆς) ἀκτίστου καὶ θείας·
Καὶ μακαρίας ζωαρχικῆς τριάδος·
Ἣν εἰλικρινῶς σέβοιμεν εἰς αἰῶνας·-
Type(s) [5554] Ἄριστα λίαν καὶ θεόπνευστα πάντα (17 verses)
Text source DBBE
Text status Text completely known
Date 1476-1500
Manuscript JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagiou Saba 177 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 1v
Palaeographical information Papadopoulos-Kerameus (1894: 292): 'διὰ γραμμάτων ἐρυθρῶν ἀπογεγραμμένον'.

The hand seems slightly later than 1500.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s) John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Image source(s) https://www.loc.gov/resource/amedmonastery.00279393910-jo/?sp=3&q=hagios+sabas+177
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Number of verses 17
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