Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21701
(formerly occ/5553)

	⁘ στίχ(οι) ⁘

	⁘ ἐπιστραφήτω τῶν \| λόγων βλασφημία, \|
	προς σὴν κεφαλὴν ἀ\|κάθαρτε (καὶ) πλάνε \|
	τὰ ῥήματα γὰρ ταῦτα \| τῆς βλασφημίας : \|
	γεννήματα σῆς τυγχά\|νουσι καρδίας: \|
	ἅπερ καθ' ἡμῶν ὡσπερεὶ πέμπων βέλη:
	σπεύδεις ἀφιστ(ᾶς) τ(ῆς) θ(εο)ῦ συμμαχί(ας):
	ἀλλ' οὐδαμ(ῶς) σου τοῖς ἀκαθάρτ(οις) λόγοις:
	θύραν ἀνοίξας τ(ῶν) \| ἐμῶν ὤτων ὅλως:
	θ(ε)ῶ δὲ μᾶλλον τ(ῶν) ὅλων (καὶ) δεσπότη
	τ(ὴν) προ(σ)κύνησιν εὐσεβοφρόνως νέμω:
	μὴ κάμνε λοιπ(ὸν) μ(ὴ)δὲ τ(ὸν) χρόνον τρίβης: \|
	φονεῦ ἀλαζὼν, ἀλλ' ἀπόστα τῶ τάχει:
	(καὶ) πρὸ(ς) κολάσεις αἳ μένουσί σε τρέχε:
	αἷς ἀποδώσεις ἐνδίκως τὰς εὐθύνας:

Type(s)	[1949] Ἐπιστραφήτω τῶν λόγων βλασφημία (14 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1081
Manuscript	PRINCETON - University Library - Garrett 16 [1081]
Place in Manuscript	f. 125r
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies a faded miniature depicting a monk being approached by the personfication of βλασφημία.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Image source(s)	Rhoby (2018: 736)
Bibliography	Primary S. Kotzabassi, N. Patterson Ševčenko, D. Skemer, 2010, Greek manuscripts at Princeton, Sixth to Nineteenth Century: A Descriptive Catalogue, Princeton: 113 J. Martin, 1954, The Illustration of the Heavenly Ladder of John Climacus, Princeton: 37 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 512-513
Number of verses	14
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Last modified: 2019-11-18.