Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23989
(formerly occ/7942)

	Ἕτεροι ἱεροθ(έου) (μον)αχ(οῦ) ἑτέρου παρὰ τ(ὸν) γράφοντα \| ἐν τῶ τέλ(ει):-

	ἡ γὰρ μεγίστη σου \| ταπείνωσις π(άτε)ρ·
	τὸ καθάραν τε δά\|κρυόν σε παγκάλως;
	πρὸς ὕψος \| ἀνύψωσαν ὑπερκοσμίων·
	ἀνώ\|τερον δείξαντα τῶν ἐγκοσμίων·

Type(s)	[6210] Ἡ γὰρ μεγίστη σου ταπείνωσις, πάτερ (4 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. 16v
Contextual information	This the second of three epigrams that follow the title on f. 16v. It is preceded by the epigram inc. 'Τὴν γῆν λιπὼν ἔτεινας ὄμ\|μα τοῦ νόου' and followed by the epigram inc. 'ἡ γοῦν μέθεξις τοῦ φάους ὦ τρισ\|μάκαρ'. The epigrams are written in continuous prose text, without any clear division between them (cf. Kambylis 1968: 23).
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Symeon the Theologian (949-1022) - PMBZ: 29643: "Personenkennziffer: 27488"
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10538906t/f40.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: 33 J. Koder 1966, Die Hymnen Symeons, des neuen Theologen, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinischen Gesellschaft, 15, 153-199: 190 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	4
Related occurrence(s)	[32544] ἡ παμμεγίστη σου ταπείνωσις π(ᾶτ)ερ [1391-1400] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Barocci 5 [1391-1400] (f. 165v) (6 verses) (2/4) [23980] Ἡ παμμεγίστη σὴ ταπείνωσις π(άτ)ερ [14th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 103 [14th c.] (f. 14v) (6 verses) (2/4) [32752] Ἡ παμμεγίστη σὴ ταπείνωσις, πάτερ [14th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 427 [14th c.] (f. 101v) (6 verses) (2/4) [22306] ἡ παμμεγίστη σου ταπείνωσ(ις) π(άτ)ερ [13th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 494 (coll. 331) [13th c.] (f. 266r) (6 verses) (2/4) [32551] Ἡ παμμεγίστη σὴ ταπείνωσις, πάτερ [14th c.] ZWICKAU - Ratsschulbibliothek Ms. III [14th-15th c.] (f. 7v) (6 verses) (2/4)
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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