Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24429
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	γυμνὸν θεωρῶν τὸν θ(εὸ)ν (καὶ) δεσπότην,
	ἄν(θρωπ)ε γυμνώθητι παθ(ῶν) (καὶ) δράμε·
	ὁ γὰρ ποταμὸς τοῦ προκειμέν(ου) λόγ(ου),
	παντὸς μολυσμ(οῦ) τ(ὰς) ψυχὰς ἀποπλύνει:-

Type(s)	[2656] Γυμνὸν θεωρῶν τὸν Θεὸν καὶ δεσπότην (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	August 1326
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 105 [August 1326]
Place in Manuscript	f. 259v
Person(s)	Scribe George Galesiotes (13th-14th c.) - RGK: I.57, II.77, III.97 - VGH: 72.E - PLP: II.3528
Palaeographical information	The verses are written in golden ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is preceded by the title: Εἰς τὰ ἅγια φῶτα.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Baptism Church Fathers Holy Spirit Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Bibliography	Primary S. Eustratiades 1919, Ἁγιορειτικῶν κωδίκων σημειώματα, Γρηγόριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς, 3, 624-639: 563
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[19262] Γυμνὸν θεωρῶν τὸν θ(εὸ)ν (καὶ) δεσπότην [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 12 [15th c.] (f. 212r) (4 verses) (4/4) [26034] γυμνὸν θεωρῶν τὸν θ(εὸ)ν (καὶ) δεσπότην [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 554 [13th c.] (f. 113r) (4 verses) (4/4) [23944] Γυμνὸν θεωρῶν τὸν θ(εὸ)ν (καὶ) δεσπότ(ην) [1326-1375] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 43 [1326-1375] (f. 30v) (4 verses) (4/4) [21609] Γυμνὸν θεωρῶν τὸν Θεὸν καὶ δεσπότην [15th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 34 [11th c.] (f. 14v) (6 verses) (4/4) [25546] Γυμν(ὸν) θεωρῶν τ(ὸν) θ(εὸ)ν καὶ δεσπότην [15th-16th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 363 [15th-16th c.] (f. 383r) (2 verses) (2/4)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Transcriber(s) Juan Bautista Juan López The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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