Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22078
(formerly occ/5945)

	Κλίμαξ πέφυκα τῆς ἀνο\|τάτου πύλης·
	ταύτην βα\|δίζων πρὸς θ(εὸ)ν σοφῶς \| οἶχου,
	ὅπως ἀναχθεὶς \| εἰς τ(ὸν) εὐκλέα δόμον‧

Type(s)	[3427] Κλῖμαξ πέφυκα τῆς ἀνωτάτου πύλης (3 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	METEORA - Mone Rousanou 22 [1301-1350]
Place in Manuscript	f. 8v
Palaeographical information	The epigram accompanies a miniature of 'Climax'. The verses are written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram was copied by a later scribe in the lower part of the same folio.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Image source(s)	https://opac.kalambakalibrary.org/iguana/iiif/image/mnt/iguana/assets_rw/3_44_TIFF/Meteora_Moni_Roussanou_22_f.0009.tif/full/1800,/0/default.jpg
Bibliography	Primary A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 262 D. Sofianos, 1993, Τὰ χειρόγραφα των Μετεώρων : κατάλογος περιγραφικός των χειρογράφων κωδίκων των αποκειμένων εις τας μονὰς των Μετεώρων. Τὰ χειρόγραφα της Μονής Αγίας Τριάδος (vol. 4), Athens: 194 D. Sofianos, 2009, Τα χειρόγραφα της Μονής Ρουσάνου των Μετεώρων κατάλογος περιγραφικός, Αθήνα: 487
Number of verses	3
Related occurrence(s)	[19335] κλίμαξ πέφυκα τ(ῆς) ἀνωτάτης πύλ(ης) [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 10, Cod. 11 [14th c.] (f. 263r) (3 verses) (3/3) [31359] κλίμαξ πέφυκα τ(ῆς) ἀνοτάτου πύλ(ης) [1300-1500] METEORA - Mone Rousanou 22 [1301-1350] (f. 8v) (3 verses) (3/3)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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