Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22084
(formerly occ/5951)

	+ ὑπόδειξις τῆς κλίμακος ὡς ἐκ τῆς ἀγάπης ἥτις ἐστι Χ(ριστὸ)ς

	+ὁ μεσίτης με Χ(ριστὸ)ς οὖ\|σαν ἐσχάτην·
	πρώτην ἔσεσθαι \| εἶπεν αὐτός εἰ\|μι γάρ·
	ἥ γοὖν τα\|πεινὴ τῆ ἀριθμή\|σει βά\|σις·
	ἀρχὴ κα\|θ’ ὑψός \| εἰμι εὐ\|στηρι\|ξί\|ας·

Type(s)	[4816] Ὁ μεσίτης με Χριστὸς οὖσαν ἐσχάτην (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
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 on the right of a drawing of a diagonal ladder, leaning on the Scala Paradisi.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Heavenly Ladder Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
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: 91-92
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[29736] Ὁ μεσίτης με χ(ριστό)ς οὖσαν ἐσχάτη(ν) [946-955] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagia Trias 134 [946-955] (f. 2v) (4 verses) (4/4) [21402] ὁ μεσίτης με χ(ριστὸ)ς οὖ\|σαν ἐσχάτην [10th c.] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 417 [10th c.] (f. 13v) (4 verses) (4/4) [36269] ὁ μεσίτης με χ(ριστὸ)ς οὖσαν ἐσχάτην [1151-1200] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2016 [1101-1125] (f. 2v) (4 verses) (4/4)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas 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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