Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20654
(formerly occ/4330)

	+ ὁ γρήγορος νοῦς \| τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ τὸ βιβλίο(ν)· \|
	λαμπτὴρ ὁ θεῖος \| ἡ στάθμη τῶ(ν) δογμάτω(ν)· \|
	σύννους ὁρᾶς ἔνε\|στιν εἰκονισμένος· \|
	φαίνων παραινῶ(ν) νου\|θετῶ(ν) τὲ καὶ λέγων· \|
	ὡ σοὶ θέλοντ(ες) τοὺς ἐ\|μοὺς νοεῖν λόγους \|
	τὸν νοῦν καθαρθήτω\|σαν ἐκ μολυσμάτων:

Type(s)	[2024] Ὁ γρήγορος νοῦς, τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸ βιβλίον, (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1076-1125
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 88 sup. [1076-1125]
Place in Manuscript	f. 3r
Palaeographical information	Each verse is divided in two columns, to be read horizontally. Written in majuscule letters, adorned in red and gold ink.
Contextual information	It accompanies a miniature of Gregory.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Bibliography	Primary C. Macé, V. Somers 2000, Sur la beauté du livre et la contemplation du divin… Édition et traduction de quelques adscripta métriques des manuscrits de Grégoire de Nazianze, in B. Coulie (ed.), Studia Nazianzenica (vol. 1), Leuven, 51-68: 66 E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 1), Milan: 497 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 85-86 J. Sajdak, 1914, Historia critica scholiastarum et commentatorum Gregorii Nazianzeni, Krakau: 273
Number of verses	6
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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