Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25840
(formerly occ/9873)

+ στίχοι εἰς τὸν ἅγιον ἰωάννην· | τὸν εὐαγγελιστὴν καὶ θεολό(γον):
 
:ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω:
:λιπὼν, τεκόντα τὸν θ(εὸ)ν κτᾶται μόνο(ν):
:ὡς παρθένος γάρ. πρὸς τὸν ἐκ τῆς παρθένου:
:καλοῦντα χ(ριστὸ)ν, οἷα συγγενὴς τρέχει:
:ἐντεῦθεν εἰς τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ γνησίως:
:πεσὼν, ἐκεῖθεν τὴν ἄβυσσον λαμβάνει:
:τῆς γνώσεως. (καὶ) πάντα πλουτεῖ τὸν κόσμο(ν):
:μυστηρίων ἄγνωστα καὶ τοῖς ἀγγέλοις:
:θεηγόρος τέταρτος οὖν ἰωάννης:
:εὐαγγελιστὴς, ἀλλʹ ἐν ὕψει δογμάτ(ων):
:πρῶτος μέγιστος ἄκρος ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλο(ς):
Type(s) [2029] Ὁ παρθένος τί; Τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω (11 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 11th c.
Manuscript ORLANDO - The Holy Land Experience, The Scriptorium - Van Kampen 905 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 241v
Palaeographical information Written in Auszeichnungsmajuskel. The epigram is inscribed in a decorative frame in red ink and the title is pinned in the same colour.
Contextual information The epigram precedes the Gospel of John.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s) John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Image source(s) http://www.csntm.org/Manuscript/View/GA_682
Number of verses 11
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements Information on the occurrence courtesy of Georgi Parpulov.

Creator(s)
Rachele Ricceri
Transcriber(s)
Rachele Ricceri
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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