Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22754
(formerly occ/6642)

	Εἰς τὸν αὐτὸν

	Ἄν ἐξ ὕλης γράφωσι καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους,
	τί καινὸν εἰ γράφουσι καὶ σὲ ταῖς ὔλαις·
	εἰ δ᾽ οὐχὶ καὶ πτέρυγας ἀγγέλου φέρεις,
	μάλιστα νικᾷς ἐξ ὕλης τοὺς ἀγγέλους.

Type(s)	[5388] Ἂν ἐξ ὕλης γράφωσι καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους (4 verses)
Text source	L. Politis, 2012, Κατάλογος χειρογράφων Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Ζάβορδας, Thessaloniki: 5
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	ZAVORDA - Mone tou Hagiou Nikanoros 4 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 205v
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of John Chrysostom's homilies.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	John Chrysostom (saint)
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[25446] Ἄνευ ὕλης γράφουσι καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους [12th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Δ 82 (Eustratiades 458) [12th c.] () (12 verses) (4/4) [33030] NA [14th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Holkham gr. 16 [14th c.] (f. 99v) (4 verses) [22251] Ἄν ἐξ ὕλης γράφουσιν καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους [15th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 438 (coll. 760) [15th c.] (f. 280v) (4 verses) (4/4)
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