Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22312
(formerly occ/6195)

	※ βασιλείου ἀσ(η)κρῆτ(ις):

	πυρό(ς) τι χρ(ῆ)μα π(ᾶς) νόμιζε λαμβάν(ειν): \|
	ἐν χερσ(ὶν) ὃς ἂν τ(ήν)δε τ(ὴν) βίβλ(ον) δέχ(ου):
	εἰ μ(ὲν) γὰρ εἶ τέλειο(ς) ἀγνὸ(ς) καρδίαν: \|
	τὴν πρᾶξ(ιν) ἤδ(η) μυστικ(ὴ) θεωρία:
	σοφ(ὸ)ς ὑπερβ(ᾶς) (καὶ) θ(ε)ῶ προσεγγίσας: \|\|
	καὶ τ(ὰς) ἐκεῖθ(εν) ἀστραπ(ὰς) δεδεγμ(έν)ο(ς):
	ἄνοιξ(ον) αὐτ(ὴν) (καὶ) μέτελθε γν(η)σί(ως): \|
	δρέψ(η) γὰρ ὄντ(ως) ὠφέλει(αν) οὐ βλάβ(ην):
	εἰς γνῶσ(ιν) ἐλθ(ῶν) μᾶλλ(ον) ἐκπρεπεστέρ(αν): \|
	ἦσπερ μετέσχ(ες) πν(εύματο)ς κοινωνί(ας):
	ἐλλάμψε(ων) θεί(ων) τε μέτρα (καὶ) τρόπ(ους): \|
	σαφ(ῶς) μυ(η)θ(εὶς) φωτὶ φ(ῶς) ἂν προ(σ)λάβ(ης):
	εἰ δ’ οὐκ αν(ὴ)ρ τέλει(ως) ἀκμ(ὴν) τυγχάν(εις): \|
	τοῖς πν(εύματο)ς σοι φ(η)μὶ τ(ὴν) ἡλικί(αν):
	οὔπω τὲ τ(ὴν) αἴσθ(η)σ(ιν) ἐκβ(ᾶς) ἐνθέ(ως): \|
	τὴν ὑλικ(ὴν) παρ(ῆ)λθ(ες) ἤδ(η) δυάδα:
	τ(ῆς) τ(αῖς) ἀύλ(οις) γνωστικ(αῖς) θεωρίαις: \|
	γνωσθ(εὶς) ἐπέγν(ως) ἐν θ(ε)ῶ θ(εὸ)ν βλέπ(ων):
	γνῶν(αι) θελήσ(εις) μ(ὴ)δαμ(ῶς) τὰ τ(ῆς) βίβλου: \|
	μ(ή)π(ως) θέλ(ων) φ(ῶς) μᾶλλ(ον) εὑρ(ή)σ(εις) φλόγα:
	ἀπιστεία φλέξει τὲ τ(ὴν) σ(ὴν) καρδίαν: \|
	(καὶ) βλαβ(ή)σει τ(οῦ) νοός σ(ου) τ(ὰς) κόρ(ας):
	πρὸ(ς) π(ᾶν) ὅπερ πρόεισ(ην) ἐξ αὐτ(ῆς) φάο(ς): \|
	οὐκ εὐτονίσ(ας)ς ἀντιβλέψ(αι) γν(η)σί(ως):

Type(s)	[5428] Πυρός τι χρῆμα πᾶς νόμιζε λαμβάνειν (24 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	13th c.
Manuscript	VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 494 (coll. 331) [13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 266r-266v
Palaeographical information	The title and verse initials are written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is the fourth in a series of five epigrams, which precede the Hymns of Symeon the New Theologian.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Bibliography	Primary A. Kambylis, 1976, Symeon Neos Theologos, Hymnen, Berlin: 27-28 Secondary E. Mioni, 1985, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 300-625 (vol. 2), Rome: 317
Number of verses	24
Related occurrence(s)	[32547] πυρός τι χρῆμα πᾶς νόμιζε λαμβάνειν [1391-1400] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Barocci 5 [1391-1400] (f. 166r-166v) (24 verses) (24/24) [32754] Ὡς ἄλλον εἰδότες σε θεῖον Μωσέα [14th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 427 [14th c.] (f. 101v-102r) (50 verses) (24/24) [32750] Ὡς ἄλλον εἰδότες σε θεῖον Μωσέα [14th c.] ZWICKAU - Ratsschulbibliothek Ms. III [14th-15th c.] (f. 7v-8r) (50 verses) (24/24)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout 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: 2020-11-18.

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Occurrence 22312 (formerly occ/6195)

Occurrence 22312
(formerly occ/6195)