Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23114
(formerly occ/7006)

	ὦ παῦλε σοφὲ τ(ῆς) οἰκουμέν(ης) ῥήτωρ,
	λύρα γνωστικὴ μουσουργοῦσα τὰ θεία,
	ἄνοιξον κἀμοί θύρ(αν) εἰς σωτηρί(αν).
	δίδου μοι πένθος χαροποιοὶ λιτ(...)ες
	ζηλοῖν σε μέντοι ἱκάνωσον ἐν τάχ(ων)
	τὸν σὸν φοιτιτὴν εἰ γε θέμις κ(αὶ) τούτ(ων)
	στοργῆ γὰρ τῆ σῆ καὶ μόνον πιεσμέν(ον)
	ξύω τ(οὺς) λόγ(ους) τ(οὺς) σ(οὺς) μην(ᾶς) ὁ τλήμων +

Type(s)	[5756] Ὦ Παῦλε σοφέ, τῆς οἰκουμένης ῥήτωρ (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1201-1225
Manuscript	NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II A 7 [1201-1225]
Place in Manuscript	f. 95v
Person(s)	Scribe Menas (13th c.)
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Music Paul (apostle, saint)
Comment	Von Soden (1902: 386) erroneously reads Μιχαήλ on l. 8.
Image source(s)	http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=13&left=2&top=-78&site=INTF&image=30088/0/2010/10/1948
Bibliography	Primary 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: 296-297 H. von Soden, 1902, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Untersuchungen. Die Textzeuge (vol. 1.1), Berlin: 385-386
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) [23112] ὦ παῦλε σοφὲ τῆς οἰκουμέ\|νης ῥήτωρ [10th-11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1971 [10th-11th c.] (f. 208v) (8 verses) (8/8)
Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'. Creator(s) Rachele Ricceri Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Ilse De Vos, 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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