Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20672
(formerly occ/4353)

	+ γρηγόριος \| βροντῆς νοερᾶς \| γόνος ἐστὶν ἀληθὴς \|
	ὃς χθονίην σοφίη χ(ριστο)ῦ ὑπο\|τάξας
	ἤχησεν νοερῶς \| μυστήρια πιστὰ θεοῖο.
	εἰς \| δέκα γὰρ λυκάβαντας ὅλην βασι\|λιίδα ποίμνην
	αἱρετικῶν πολέ\|μοισι τινασσομένην ἐσάωσεν \|
	καὶ σὺ θεωρρήτων ἐπέων, βασίλειε, \| γεωργε
	καίσαρος ἀντέλλων μεγά\|λης ὑπὲρ ἄστεος αἴγλης
	ἐσθλὸν \| ἔχεις ἐγγὺς γραφίδεσσιν ὁμό\|τροπον ἑταῖρον
	γρηγόριον \| πινυτὸν θεοτέρπεος ἔμ\|φρονα βύβλου
	ἐγγύθι καὶ τριάδος πανακηράτου \| ἔστε χορεῦσαι:∙

Type(s)	[3061] Γρηγόριος βροντῆς νοερᾶς γόνος ἐστὶν ἀληθής (10 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	9th c.
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana E 49-50 inf. [9th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. IIv
Palaeographical information	Sajdak (1914: 270): 'scripto manu post'. The epigram is presented in the shape of a circle. It is written in round majuscule script, in gold ink on a purple background. Underneath the circle is an image of a vase, flanked by a deer and a tree on both sides. (Martini-Bassi 1906: 1086; Demoen - Somers 2016: 200).
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Basil the Great (330-379) (episkopos of Kaisareia < Cappadocia) Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Image source(s)	https://digitallibrary.unicatt.it/veneranda/0b02da8280051c00
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen, V. Somers 2016, Grégoire de Nazianze, le Fils du tonnerre. Encore quelques adscripta métriques dans les manuscrits grégoriens, in V. Somers, P. Yannopoulos (eds.), Philokappadox. In memoriam Justin Mossay, Leuven, 199-221: 200-201 E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 2), Milan: 1086 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 337-339 J. Sajdak, 1914, Historia critica scholiastarum et commentatorum Gregorii Nazianzeni, Krakau: 270
Number of verses	10
Related occurrence(s)	[18828] γρηγόριος βροντῆς νοερᾶς γόνος ἔστιν \| ἀληθὴς [901-950] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 57 (Vlad. 139) [901-950] (f. 167r) (10 verses) (3/10)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Sarah-Helena Van den Brande, Kristoffel Demoen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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