| ἀρχὴν ἁπάν|των καὶ τέλος ποι|οῦ θ(εὸ)ν· | | |
| βίου τὸ κέρδος ἐκβιοῦν | καθ’ ἡμέραν· | | |
| γί(...)σκε (...)γεσθ∙ εἰς | ὑστερον· | | |
| δεινὸν πένεσθαι χεῖρον δ' εὐπορεῖν κακῶς· | | |
| εὐεργετῶν νόμιζε μιμεῖσθαι θ(εὸ)ν· | | |
| ζήτει θεοῦ σοι χρηστότητα χρηστὸς ὤν· | | |
| ἡ σάρξ κρατείσθω καὶ δαμαζέσθω πέδαις· | | |
| θυμὸν χαλίνου μὴ φρενῶν ἔξω πέσης· | | |
| ἰστη μὲν ὀμμα γλῶσσα δὲ στάθμην ἔχοι· | | |
| κλεὶς ὠσὶ κείσθω μηδὲ πορνεύοι γελως· | | |
| λύχνος βίου σοι παντος ἡγείσθω λογος· | | |
| μή σοι τὸ εἶναι τῶ δοκεῖν ὑπεκρέοι· | | |
| νόει τὰ παντα πράσσε δ' ἃ πρασσειν θέμις· | | |
| ξενον σεαυτὸν ἴσθι και τίμα ξένους· | | |
| ὅτ' εὐπλοεῖς μάλιστα μεμνη(...) ζάλης· | | |
| πάντ' εὐχαρίστως τακ' θ(εο)ῦ δέχεσθαι χρή· | | |
| ῥαβδος δικαιου κρεῖσσον ἤ τιμὴ κακοῦ· | | |
| σοφων θυρας ἔκτριβε πλουσίων δὲ μή· | | |
| τὸ μικρὸν οὐ μικρὸν ὅταν (...) μεγ' ἐκφέρει· | | |
| ὕβρις μικρῶν κρατοῦντα φυσᾶσθαι μέγα· | | |
| φύλασσε σαυτὸν | πτῶμα δ' ἄλλου μὴ | γέλα | |
| χαρις φθονεί|σθαι τὸ φθονεῖν δ' αἴσχος | μέγα· | |
| ψ(...) | μᾶλλον ἢ πᾶν τῶ θ(ε)ῶ· | | |
| ὢ τις φυ(...)ει ταυ|τα κ(αὶ) σωθησεται· |
| Type(s) | [6636] Ἀρχὴν ἁπάντων καὶ τέλος ποιοῦ Θεόν (24 verses) |
| Text source | DBBE |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Date | 941 |
| Manuscript | PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 33 [941] |
| Place in Manuscript | f. 2v |
| Palaeographical information | Written in konstantinopolitanische Auszeichnungsmajuskel. Some faded passages were rewritten by a later hand, of which some coincide with illegible passages. |
| Contextual information | The epigram is written inside a richly illuminated square frame with four apses, decorated with palmettes and leaf shoots. In the upper corners two birds are depicted, in the lower corners two roe deers. |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Genre(s) | Reader-related epigram |
| Image source(s) | Rhoby (2018: 785) |
| Bibliography |
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| Number of verses | 24 |
| Related occurrence(s) |
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Last modified: 2021-09-13.
