| Type(s) |
[5997] Πέρας προσῆκον ὧδ’ ἡ κλίμαξ λαμβάνει
(4 verses)
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| Text source |
DBBE
(Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
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| Text status |
Text completely known |
| Date |
01/09/1131-31/08/1132 |
| Manuscript |
EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Σ.ΙΙΙ.18 [01/09/1131-31/08/1132]
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| Place in Manuscript |
f. 281r |
| Palaeographical information |
The initial of each verse is written in red ink. |
| Contextual information |
The epigram is written at the end of John Klimax' Heavenly Ladder. It is followed by a prose colophon mentioning the date. |
| Metre(s) |
Dodecasyllable
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| Genre(s) |
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| Subject(s) |
Heavenly Ladder
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| Image source(s) |
https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/16056#?xywh=-761%2C1764%2C3509%2C1531&cv=381
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| Bibliography |
Primary
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R. Meesters 2025, Picturing a Ladder. A Critical Edition of Hierotheos the Monk’s Metrical Preface to Klimax, of a Metrical Summary of the 'Ladder' and of a Kontakion on Klimax, in P. Van Deun, M. Venetskov (eds.), The Ladder of Divine Ascent by John of Sinai (Climacus). New Perspectives, Leuven / Paris / Bristol, 87-113: 89
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A. Revilla, 1936, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial (vol. 1), Madrid: 386
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| Number of verses |
4 |
| Acknowledgements |
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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| Permalink |
https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/occurrences/23451 |
