Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22035
(formerly occ/5904)

	τ(ῆς) τ(οῦ) κ(α)τὰ ἰω(άννου) εὐαγγελίου:-

	ἡ τετρὰς ὦδε, τῶν σοφῶν ἀποστόλων·
	καὶ μαθητῶν τε τοῦ θεανθρώπου λόγου·
	ἠχεῖ τὸ ῥεῦμα τοῦ ζωοδότου λόγοις.
	ἠχεῖ ῥημάτων τῶν ζωηρρύτων φθόγγους,
	ἰδοὺ γὰρ αὕτοι ὡς ἀστραπαὶ φωτίζουν
	πᾶσαν τὴν κτίσιν καὶ τὴν ὑπ’ οὐ(ρα)νῶν τε·
	ὑπὲρ βροντῆς γὰρ τούτων φθόγγοι κτιποῦσι
	Ματθαίου, Μάρκου, Λουκᾶ τε Ἰωάννου
	φέγγουν, φωτίζουν τὴν ὑφήλιον πᾶσαν,\|\|
	διδάσκουν πᾶσι τῶν ῥημάτων Κ(υρίο)υ·
	θαύματα, πάθη, στ(αύ)ρωσιν καὶ ταφήν τε·
	ἀνάληψίν τε πν(εύματο)ς παρουσίαν·
	καὶ τῆς δευτέρας νῦν αὐτοῦ ἐμφανί(ας)·
	πάντα διδάσκει νῦν ἡ παροῦσα βίβλος:-

Type(s)	[5235] Ἡ τετρὰς ὦδε τῶν σοφῶν ἀποστόλων (14 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	24/06/1315
Manuscript	ATHENS - Gennadeios Bibliotheke 1.6 [24/06/1315]
Place in Manuscript	f. 79v-80r
Person(s)	Scribe Manouel Agiases (14th c.)
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Four Evangelists
Image source(s)	http://www.csntm.org/manuscript/View/GA_2651
Bibliography	Primary A. Mitsani 2011, Illustrated Byzantine Manuscripts in the Gennadius Library, in M. Politi (ed.), Exploring Greek manuscripts in the Gennadius Library, Athens, 9-20: 17 M. Politi, E. Pappa, 2004, Ταξίδι στον κόσμο των χειρογράφων: κατάλογος έκθεσης χειρογράφων Γενναδείου Βιβλιοθήκης, Αθήνα: 22
Number of verses	14
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