Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24101
(formerly occ/8062)

	τετράστιχον:

	ἰδοὺ κλίμαξ ἄν(θρωπ)ε. καὶ βαῖνε πρόσω·
	καὶ γῆθεν ἀρθεὶς, μὴ στραφ(ὴς) βλέψ(ων) κάτω·
	ἐπεί σε χ(ριστὸ)ς ὁ βραβεὺς τῶν βαθμίδων,
	καλεῖ δι' αὐτῆς κ(αὶ) προτείνει τὰ στέφη:·

Type(s)	[6272] Ἰδοὺ κλῖμαξ ἄνθρωπε καὶ βαῖνε πρόσω (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1324
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Stauroniketa 30 [1324]
Place in Manuscript	f. 260v
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies a miniature of Klimax' Heavenly Ladder.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram
Subject(s)	Heavenly Ladder Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Image source(s)	https://www.mountathos.org/en-US/Diva-Viewer.aspx?item=56556(55850#v=g&z=0&n=1&i=15_01_0030-0526.tif&y=494&x=484
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen 2022, Reading: Book Epigrams - Introduction, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1369-1380: 1377-1378 (image: plate II.5b) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 239-240 Secondary C. Mavropoulou-Tsioumi, G. Galavaris, 2007, Ἱερά μονή Σταυρονικήτα, εἰκονογραφημένα χειρόγραφα από τόν 10ο ἕως τόν 17ο αἰώνα (vol. 2), Ἅγιον Ὄρος: 239 (image: plate 371)
Number of verses	4
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) 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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