Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25541
(formerly occ/9579)

	Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος \| ἔφυς σέλας, ὃς μετὰ \| πότμον:
	Ζωοτόκων λογίων \| προλιπῶν θεοφάν\|τορας ὕμνους:
	Ἀνθρώπους ἐδίδα\|ξας ὑμνεῖν θ(εὸ)ν αἱ ἐνε\|οντα :·

Type(s)	[2505] Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος ἔφυ σέλας, ὃς μετὰ πότμον (3 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	12th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 859 [12th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 36v
Palaeographical information	The initials of each verse are written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram follows after the work 'De Caelesti Hierarchia' by Ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Pseudo-Dionysios the Areopagite (5th c. - 6th c.) - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Comment	Devreesse (1950: 242) only gives part of the text.
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.859/0039
Bibliography	Primary S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 78 R. Devreesse, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 604-866 (vol. 3), Vatican City: 424
Number of verses	3
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Sien De Groot - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Transcriber(s) Sien De Groot - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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