Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21401
(formerly occ/5219)

	ἄνω \| φέρω(ν) \| σε τῶ \| τρόπω \| πρὸς τῶ \| χρόνω.
	κάτω γρά\|φει σοι τὴν \| ἀνωτάτω \| βάσιν· \|
	τὸν οὖν ι(ησοὺ)ν ὅν \| τυποῖ σοι καὶ \| βλέπε.
	μετο\|χρονῶν (?) τὰ βά\|θρα τούτω εὐ\|στόχως·
	ὥς φησι \| παῦλος αὐτὸν ἡλατ\|τωμένον.
	καὶ τοῦ πάθους ἔπαθλον εὑρόν\|τα κράτος.
	ὁτ' ἂν γίνη \| γὰρ εἰς ταπείνωσιν ἄκραν. \|
	τότε πρὸς ὕψος οὐ(ρα)νοῦ κα\|ταδράμεις·

Type(s)	[4437] Ἄνω φέρων σε τῷ τρόπῳ πρὸς τῷ χρόνῳ (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	10th c.
Manuscript	SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 417 [10th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 13v
Palaeographical information	Written in 'Alexandrinische Majuskel'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Comment	v. 6: cf. Hebrews 2.7-9. Another image at Corrigan (2011: fig. 7.2).
Image source(s)	https://www.loc.gov/resource/amedmonastery.00279380447-ms/?sp=16
Bibliography	Primary K. Corrigan, N. Patterson Ševčenko 2011, 'The teaching of the ladder': The Message of the Heavenly Ladder Image in Sinai ms. gr. 417, in A. Lymberopoulou (ed.), Images of the Byzantine World. Visions, Messages and Meanings. Studies presented to Leslie Brubaker, Farnham / Burlington, 99-120: 106 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 89-91
Number of verses	8
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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