| στίχοι τοῦ καβάσιλα κυροῦ γε(ωργίου): | |
| Ἄκουε λαμπρὰ (καὶ) σοφὴ γερουσία· | |
| οἷον τι διδάσκει με παλαιὸς λόγος· | |
| ὡς προ(σ)φυ(ὲς) πράγμασι τ(οῖς) ἀνὰ χέρ(ας)· | |
| πηγή τ(ις) ἔστ(ιν),ἐνθ’ ἀνίσχει φ(ωσ)φόρος· | |
| εἰ δαψιλ(εῖς) βλύουσα ν(α)μ(ά)τ(ων) χύσ(εις)· | |
| δι’ ὧν κατάρδει (καὶ) λιπαίνει (καὶ) τρέφει· | |
| πόλ(ιν) (...)είν(ην) ἣν πε(ρι)γράφει κύκλω. | |
| ἄμαστρ(ις) αὕτη κἂν θέλη τ(ις) μανθάνειν, | |
| (καὶ) κλῆσ(ιν) αὐτ(ῆς)· οὐ(δὲ) γ(ὰρ) κρύπτ(ειν) δέον: | |
| εἰ γοῦν σιγ(ὴν) ἔχ(ων) τ(ις) αὐτ(ῆς) θιγγάνει, | |
| πι(ὼν) ἀπελθη τ(ὴν) γλυκυτάτ(ην) πόσ(ιν)· | |
| εἰ δ’ αὖ προσέλθη θροῦν τε (καὶ) ψόφον φέρ(ων)· | |
| ἔμπικρ(ον) ἐκρόφη(σιν) αὐτ(ῆς) κατίδοι. | |
| Ταῦτ’ οὖν ἐκεῖνο(ς) ἱστορεῖ μοι (καὶ) λεγει· | |
| ἐγὼ δε κατάλληλα ταῦτα προσβλέπω· | |
| ἐνταῦθα μᾶλλ(ον) (καὶ) λέγ(ειν) τε καὶ γράφ(ειν)· | |
| πηγή γ(ὰρ) ἰδοὺ (καὶ) βρύσ(ις) τε (καὶ) πίδαξ. | |
| ἔγνωτε πάντ(ως) τ(ὴν) προκειμ(ένην) βίβλ(ον). | |
| ἐξ ἧς κελαρύζουσι τ(ῶν) λόγ(ων) χύσ(εις)· | |
| (καὶ) τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ θέλγουσι τ(ήν)δε τ(ὴν) πόλ(ιν): | |
| εἰ γοῦν σιγήσει π(ᾶς) λαὸ(ς) τοῦ κ(υρίο)υ· | |
| πάντ(ως) (δὲ) σιγήσει(εν) οὕτω γ(ὰρ) πρέπον· | |
| (καὶ) θροῦν κ(α)ταστείλειε (καὶ) φλαύρ(ους) λόγ(ους), | |
| γλυκ(εῖς) ἀπαντλήσειε κρουν(οὺς) τ(ῶν) λόγ(ων)· | |
| (καὶ) καρδί(ας) ἔσωθ(εν) ἕξει τὴν χάρ(ιν): | |
| εἰ δ' αὖ σιωπ(ᾶν) οὐ θέλει τ(ις) ἐνθάδε· | |
| πλείστ(ην) κατακτήσαιτο πικροχυμί(αν)· | |
| σιγᾶτε τοίνυν ἀλλὰ σιγ(ὴν) καιρί(αν)· | |
| λόγου τ(ὲ) κρείττω καθ(ά) τ(ις) σοφὸ(ς) λέγει· | |
| (καὶ) δαψιλ(ῶς) γεύοισθε ναὶ (καὶ) πλησμί(ως)· | |
| φθόνο(ς) γ(ὰρ) οὐδ(εὶς) ναμ(ά)τ(ων) γλυκυτάτ(ων) | |
| ἐκ τ(ῆς) παρούσ(ης) τ(ῆσ)δε (καὶ) προκειμ(ένης)· | |
| πηγ(ῆς) διαρκ(οῦς) ἀθανασίου λόγων. | |
| σύ δ’ ὦ τραπέζ(ης) μυ(στικῆς) θυηπόλε· | |
| αὐτ(ῆς) ἀπαρχ(ὰς) εὐλόγει νηφαλί(ους):- |
| Type(s) | [6124] Ἄκουε λαμπρὰ καὶ σοφὴ γερουσία (35 verses) |
| Text source | DBBE |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Date | 15th c. |
| Manuscript | FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - San Marco 318 [15th c.] |
| Place in Manuscript | f. 1v |
| Palaeographical information | Written in two columns, to be read horizontally. The title and the initial letter are written in a different ink. |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Genre(s) | Text-related epigram |
| Comment | Antonopoulou (2010: 79) summarizes Baldi (2008: 1-29): 'The poem is 35 dodecasyllables long, was authored by a certain George Cabasilas and dates perhaps from the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century. It introduced the oral delivery of an unspecified work, perhaps a homily, of St. Athanasius'. |
| Image source(s) | Baldi (2008: tav. 1) |
| Bibliography |
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| Number of verses | 35 |
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Last modified: 2019-05-17.
