Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26664
(formerly occ/10736)

ἰωάννης μεγάλοιο θ(εο)ῦ φίλος ἄπλετον ὄλβον,
πν(εύματο)ς ἐν σοφίη δέγμενος ἐν κραδίη,
πρῶτος ἐν ἀρχῆ πέφραδεν υἷα θ(εο)ῦ λόγον εἶναι:
ὃς σφετέρα σοφίη κόσμον ἔτευξε λόγω:+
Type(s) [2464] Ἰωάννης μεγάλοιο Θεοῦ φίλος ἄπλετον ὄλβον (4 verses)
Text source DBBE
Text status Text completely known
Date 1331
Manuscript ATHOS - Mone Iberon 1405 [1331]
Place in Manuscript f. 131v
Palaeographical information Written in green epigraphic majuscule.
Contextual information The epigram is the second in a series of three epigrams on John the Evangelist. They precede the Gospel of John.
Metre(s) Elegiacs
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s) John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Bibliography

Secondary
Number of verses 4
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
  • Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of Raf Praet.
  • Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of Renaat Meesters.


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

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