Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21448
(formerly occ/5266)

Εὐλαβέστατε ἐν ἱερεῦσιν, ὄντως
Κῦρ Θεόδωρε, φίλε, ἠγαπημένε,
Λάβε τὴν σαυτοῦ βίβλον τὴν θαυμασίαν,
Ἥτις ἐστὶ τιμιωτέρα λίθων,
Λίθων διαυγῶν, μαργάρων πολυτίμων.
Βάθος γὰρ ἔχει σοφίαν κεκρυμμένην.
Πλοῦτον γνώσεως, μυστήρια μεγάλα.
Διὸ τοῖς πολλοῖς ἀμύητος τυγχάνει.
Ἡμεῖς δ' αὐτῆς τρυφήσαντες ἐκ μέρους,
Χάριν σοι ὀφείλομεν τῷ δεδωκότι ταύτην.
Εῤῥωσο, ὑγίαινε μετα τῶν σῶν ἁπάντων.
Θεοδώρῳ Ιωάσαφ ἐλάχιστος.
Type(s) [4849] Εὐλαβέστατε ἐν ἱερεῦσιν, ὄντως (12 verses)
Text source B. De Montfaucon, 1715, Bibliotheca Coisliniana, olim Segueriana, Paris: 263-264
Text status Text completely known
Date 13th-15th c.
Manuscript PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 202bis [11th-13th c.]
Place in Manuscript (gen.) Devreesse (1945: 181): 'à la fin de l'ouvrage'.
Person(s)
Patron
Theodoros (13th c.) - VGH: 217.B - PLP: IV.7447 - RGK: - PBE: - PBW: - PMBZ:
Scribe
Ioasaph (13th c.) - VGH: 217.B - PLP: IV.8876 - RGK: - PBE: - PBW: - PMBZ:
Palaeographical information Written by a later hand, the manuscript dates to the 12th century.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Patron-related epigram
Comment Devreesse (1945: 181): 'De douze vers d'âge plus récent transcrits à la fin de l'ouvrage, mais aujourd'hui disparus (...), on apprend que notre manuscrit fut prêté au moine Josaphat (...) par le prêtre Théodore'.
Bibliography

Secondary

R. Devreesse, 1945, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des manuscripts. Catalogue des manuscripts grecs. Le fonds Coislin (vol. 2), Paris: 181
Number of verses 11
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Raf Praet - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:

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