Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26511
(formerly occ/10582)

	+ κλίμαξ ἄνω φέρουσα τ(οὺς) ἐναρέτους,
	κάτω (δὲ) ποι σήπτουσα τ(οὺς) κακοτρόπ(ους) :∙

Type(s)	[3401] Κλίμαξ ἄνω φέρουσα τοὺς ἐναρέτους (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	12th-15th c.
Manuscript	VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. II 32 [12th-15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 219r
Person(s)	Scribe Barlaam Mpeletes (14th c.) - RGK: II.47 - VGH: 52.C - PLP: VIII.19687 - PBE: - PBW: - PMBZ:
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink. On v.2 a κ is written above the sigma of σήπτουσα as a correction for σκήπτουσα.
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies a miniature of the ladder, at the end of 'Climax'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791" - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP:
Comment	This epigram is added by the later hand of Barlaam Mpeletes. Mioni (1967: 118) and VGH 52.C date him to the fourteenth century, but according to RGK II.47 he belongs to the first half of the sixteenth century.
Bibliography	Primary A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 93
Number of verses	2
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - 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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