Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22917
(formerly occ/6808)

	Ἐγὼ διονύσιε τολμῶ καὶ λέγειν∙
	ὡς οὐκ ἐπλάσθης ἐν γυναικὸς κοιλία∙
	ἀλλ' ἀγγέλοις μάλιστα συντεταγμένος,
	ἄνωθεν ἦλθες ἐκ πόλου φύσις ξένη·
	βροτοῖς ἀπαγγέλλουσα πάντα πρὸ(ς) μέρος·
	τὰ τῶν ἀΰλων ταγμάτων ὅπως ἔχει·
	οὕτω γινώσκεις τὰς ἀΰλους οὐσίας
	οὕτω θεωρεῖς ἐνθέους θεωρίας.
	οὕτω θεωρεῖς τὰς φύσεις τῶν ἀγγέλων
	οὕτω τὸ μεῖζον ἄγγελος σὺ τὴν φύσ(ιν):+

Type(s)	[3119] Ἐγώ, Διονύσιε, τολμῶ καὶ λέγειν (10 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - suppl. gr. 1 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 5r
Person(s)	Scribe George Galesiotes (13th-14th c.) - RGK: I.57, II.77, III.97 - VGH: 72.E - PLP: II.3528
Palaeographical information	The initial is written in red ink. Written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information	The epigram is the second in a series of three that precede works of Ps-Dionysius the Areopagite.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Pseudo-Dionysios the Areopagite (5th c. - 6th c.)
Image source(s)	http://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_7074845&order=16&view=SINGLE
Bibliography	Primary H. Hunger, C. Hannick, 1994, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Supplementum Graecum (vol. 4), Vienna: 1 A. Kollar, 1790, Petri Lambecii Hamburgensis Commentariorum de Augustissima Bibliotheca Caesarea Vindobonensi. Supplementorum liber primus posthumus (vol. 9), Vienna: 94
Number of verses	10
Related occurrence(s)	[19150] ἐγὼ διονύσιε τολμῶ καὶ λέγειν [29/01/1348] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 26 [29/01/1348] (f. 1r) (10 verses) (10/10) [24720] ἐγὼ διονύσιε τολμῶ καὶ λέγειν [14th-15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 26 [29/01/1348] ((gen.) Flyleaf) (6 verses) (6/10) [18921] Ἐγὼ διονύσιε τολμῶ κ(αὶ) λέγ(ειν) [13th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II A 10 [13th c.] (f. 4r) (10 verses) (10/10) [18943] Ἐγώ, Διονύσιε, τολμῶ καὶ λέγειν [14th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II B 5 [1326-1375] (f. 2v) (10 verses) (10/10)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Dimitrios Skrekas, Sien De Groot The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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