Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23983
(formerly occ/7936)

	Θεῖον γινώσκω, καὶ λέγω σε κ(αὶ) \| γράφω·
	Θ(εο)ῦ γὰρ οὐδὲν χωρὶς εἴρηκας \| π(άτ)ερ·
	ἔνοικον αὐτόν ὡς ἔδειξας, \| εἰσφέρων·
	εὔφωνος ὡς ἔμψυχος \| οἶκος τυγχάνων·
	τῶ διονυσίω σὺ κ(αὶ) \| γράφων, ἔρως·
	εἰ γὰρ βλέπων βλέ\|ψειας, ὡς μείζων χάρις·
	τὸ προσ\|λαλεῖν μάλιστα καὶ Θ(εο)ῦ δόσις:-

Type(s)	[6205] Θεῖον γινώσκω καὶ λέγω σε καὶ γράφω (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 103 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 15v
Palaeographical information	The first letter is written in red ink.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Pseudo-Dionysios the Areopagite (5th c. - 6th c.) Symeon the Theologian (949-1022) - PMBZ: 29643: "Personenkennziffer: 27488"
Comment	According to Kambylis (1968: 22-23), the title that precedes these verses does not belong to this epigram, but to the previous epigram, inc. 'ὡς ἄλλον εἰδότες σε θεῖον μωσέα'. He therefore states that this epigram is 'ohne Aufschrift' and cannot be attributed to anyone.
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10538906t/f38.item
Bibliography	Primary A. Kambylis 1968, Eine Handschrift des Mystikers Symeon (cod. Paris, BNF, suppl. gr. 103), Scriptorium, 22, 20-34: 23 A. Kambylis, 1976, Symeon Neos Theologos, Hymnen, Berlin: 31 J. Koder 1966, Die Hymnen Symeons, des neuen Theologen, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinischen Gesellschaft, 15, 153-199: 189 Secondary C. Astruc, C. Belon, M. Concasty, C. Förstel, 2003, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs. Supplément grec numéros 1 à 150, Paris: 229
Number of verses	7
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande Contributor(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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