Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25422
(formerly occ/9451)

	Βολάς καθάπερ μυστικῶν διδαγμάτων
	διττὰς ἐπαφεὶς τῷ καλῷ Τιμοθέῳ
	σκεῦος τὸ σεπτὸν οὐρανοδρόμος Παῦλος
	ἡμῖν δι’ αὐτοῦ σωστικὴν ἕλκει χάριν·
	ἐπιστολὰς ἄριστα τοῖς ἐπισκόποις
	ἀποστολικῶς καὶ συνεργῶν καὶ γράφων
	Παῦλος ὁ λαμπτὴρ τὸ στόμα τοῦ Δεσπότου
	διευθετεῖ κάλλιστα τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν·
	τούτοις δὲ λοιπὸν συνεπιστέλλει πλέον
	ὁ γλῶτταν αὐχῶν τὴν χρυσῆν ἐν τοῖς λόγοις.
	Τὸ στόμα Παύλου στόμα τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου
	καὶ νοῦς ὁ τούτου, νοῦς ὁ τοῦ Παύλου πάλιν·
	ἀφ’ ὧν δὲ στόμα καὶ γλῶσσαν καὶ καρδίαν
	αὐτὸς ὁ Χριστός ἐστι ῥητρεύων μέσον.

Type(s)	[5862] Βολὰς καθάπερ μυστικῶν διδαγμάτων (14 verses)
Text source	S. Eustratiades 1917, Ἁγιορειτικῶν κωδίκων σημειώματα, Γρηγόριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς, 1, 49-771: 160
Text status	Text completely known
Date	12th c.
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Γ 92 (Eustratiades 332) [12th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 124r
Contextual information	Demoen, Ricceri & Tomadaki (2021: 127): "The epigram accompanies Chrysostom’s exegesis of Paul’s epistles to Timothy".
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) John Chrysostom (saint) Paul (apostle, saint) Timothy (saint) (1st c.)
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen, R. Ricceri, M. Tomadaki 2021, Paul in Byzantine Book Epigrams, in M. Cacouros, J. Sautel (eds.), Des cahiers à l'histoire de la culture à Byzance. Hommage à Paul Canart, codicologue (1927-2017), Leuven / Paris / Bristol, 117-134: 127
Number of verses	14
Related occurrence(s)	[25417] Ἀκτινοειδῶς ἐξανίσχει φῶς μέγα [11th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Β 112 (Eustratiades 232) [11th c.] (f. 188r) (8 verses) (1/14)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, 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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Last modified: 2022-12-21.