Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22081
(formerly occ/5948)

	Ἄνω \| φέρω(ν) \| σε τῶ \| τρόπω \| πρὸς τῶ \| χρόνω·
	κάτω γρά\|φειν σοι τὴν \| ἀνωτάτω βάσιν·
	τὸν οὖν ἰ(ησοὺ)ν ὃν \| τυποῖ σοι καὶ \| βλέπε·
	μετρο\|χρονῶν τὰ βάθρα \| τούτω εὐστόλως
	ὥς φησι Παῦλος αὐτὸν \| ἠλαττωμένον·
	καὶ \| τοῦ πάθους ἔπαθλον εὑ\|ρόντα κράτος·
	ὁτ’ ἂν γί\|νη γὰρ εἰς ταπείνωσιν \| ἄκραν·
	τότε πρὸς ὕψος \| οὐ(ρα)νοῦ καταδράμεις·

Type(s)	[4437] Ἄνω φέρων σε τῷ τρόπῳ πρὸς τῷ χρόνῳ (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 121 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 3v
Palaeographical information	The epigram is found in between two drawings of ladders: a vertical one on the left, a diagonal one on the right.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Image source(s)	Sevcenko 2009: fig. 2
Bibliography	Primary N. Patterson Ševčenko 2009, Monastic Challenges: Some Manuscripts of the Heavenly Ladder, in C. Hourihane (ed.), Byzantine Art: Recent Studies. Essays in honor of Lois Drewer, Tempe, Arizona, 39-62: 44-45 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 89-91
Number of verses	8
Related occurrence(s)	[29737] Ἄνω φέρων σε τῶ τρόπω προς τω χρόνω [946-955] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagia Trias 134 [946-955] (f. 2v) (8 verses) (8/8) [20867] ἄνω \| φέρων σε τῷ τρό\|πῳ πρὸς τῷ χρόν(ω) [1258-1259] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana D 58 sup. [1258-1259] (f. 2r-2v) (8 verses) (8/8) [23603] ἄνω φέρων σε (...) [1451-1475] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II A 26 [1451-1475] (f. 201v) (8 verses) (2/8) [21401] ἄνω \| φέρω(ν) \| σε τῶ \| τρόπω \| πρὸς τῶ \| χρόνω [10th c.] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 417 [10th c.] (f. 13v) (8 verses) (8/8)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Transcriber(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande 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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