Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23143
(formerly occ/7040)

	Ὑψιμεδων μακαρ· υἱεος ἀφθιτου γεννητορ· \|
	καὶ πνεῦμ' ἰσοκλεες, εἷσγε θ(εὸ)ς τα τρια·
	(...)\|μετέρης ταμιης φυτλης ἐπεοργας
	και σοφιης πα\|ροχος εὐρυθμου τε λόγου·
	γρηγορίου μεγάλοιο λιτῆι\|σι τεοῦ ἱερῆος·
	οὗ χάρις ἐκ χειλῶν προυρχεται οἷα \| μέλι
	και τε νοηματος ἐν κραδιη βάθος ἄπλετον \| ἴσχει·
	πᾶσι δ' ἐνιχθονίοις οὔνομα σεῖο τρανοῖ \|
	ἄζυγα βασιλειον ἀριτῆρα δειλήμοσιν ἐν παθέεσσι \|
	λυγρῶς τειρόμενον ἐνδυκέως σωζε
	σὴν ἐπαρει\|γων οἷα χέρα πανσθενέα κρατερήν τε·
	και γαρ \| ἔτευξε ποθω εὐφρονα τηνδε βυβλον ༶

Type(s)	[2115] Ὑψιμέδων μάκαρ· υἱέος ἀφθίτου γέννητορ (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	10th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2061 [10th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 136r
Person(s)	Scribe Basileios (10th c.) - VGH: 58.A - PMBZ: 23177: "Personenkennziffer: 21024"
Palaeographical information	Written 'en petite capitale' (Somers 1999: 532).
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.2061/0275
Bibliography	Primary A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 263-264 V. Somers 1999, Quelques poèmes en l'honneur de S. Grégoire de Nazianze: édition critique, traduction et commentaire, Byzantion, 69, 528-564: 535
Number of verses	12
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Rachele Ricceri Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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