Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23112
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	ὦ παῦλε σοφὲ τῆς οίκουμέ\|νης ῥήτωρ \|
	λύρα γνωστικῆ μουσουρ\|γοῦσα τὰ θεία \|
	ἄνοιξον καμοὶ θύραν είς σ(ωτη)ρί(αν) \|
	δίδου μοι πένθος χαρο\|ποιὸν λιταῖς σου· \|
	ζηλοῖν σε μέντοι ικάνω\|σον έν τάχει· \|
	τὸν σὸν φοιτιτὴν τὴν ἔγε \|θέμις (καὶ) τοῦτο \|
	στοργῆ γὰρ τη σῆ καὶ μό\|νον πιεσμένος \|
	ξύο λόγους σοῦς θεοφύ\|λακτος τλήμων+

Type(s)	[5756] Ὦ Παῦλε σοφέ, τῆς οἰκουμένης ῥήτωρ (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	10th-11th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1971 [10th-11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 208v
Person(s)	Scribe Theophylaktos Nazeraios (10th-11th c.) - VGH: 148.B - PMBZ: 30393: "Personenkennziffer: 28238"
Palaeographical information	Written in minuscule. A long green line highlights the initials of each verse.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of Paul's First Epistle to the Thessalonians. It is preceded by the epigram: inc. 'δίδου μοι χ(ριστ)έ, ταῖς τοῦ παύλου πρεσβείαις'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Music Paul (apostle, saint)
Bibliography	Primary I. Hutter, 2022, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Corpus der Italogriechischen dekorierten Handschriften der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (vol. 6.1), Stuttgart: 305 S. Lucà 2009, Sulla sottoscrizione in versi del Vat. gr. 2000 (ff. 1-154), in C. Braidotti, E. Dettori, E. Lanzillotta (eds.), Οὐ πᾶν ἐφήμερον. Scritti in memoria di Roberto Pretagostini, Rome, 275-308: 296 Secondary I. Hutter 2023, Wer ist der Kopist, der seinen Namen nennt?, Νέα Ῥώμη, 20, 113-135: 119
Number of verses	8
Related occurrence(s)	[23113] Ὦ παῦλε σοφὲ· τῆς οἰκουμένης ῥήτωρ [1101-1125] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Τ.III.12 [1101-1125] (f. 178v) (8 verses) (8/8) [23114] ὦ παῦλε σοφὲ τ(ῆς) οἰκουμέν(ης) ῥήτωρ [1201-1225] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II A 7 [1201-1225] (f. 95v) (8 verses) (8/8)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Rachele Ricceri Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Ilse De Vos, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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