Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 29511

	༶ ὁρῶν τὸ κά\|λλο(ς) τῆς προκειμ(έν)(ης) βί\|βλου,
	τ(ὴν) ἀστραπ(ὴν) ἄν(θρωπ)ε τ(ῶν) \| λόγων νόει·
	οὗς ἡ τετρακ\|τὺς τ(ῶν) σοφῶν ἀποστόλ(ων), \|
	ἐρητόρευσε πν(εύματο)ς μου\|σουργίαις ༶

Type(s)	[2670] Ὁρῶν τὸ κάλλος τῆς προκειμένης βίβλου (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	13th c.
Manuscript	SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 261 [13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 14v
Contextual information	The epigram, written inside a circle in the upper part of an arch, precedes the Gospel of Matthew.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Four Evangelists Holy Spirit
Image source(s)	https://www.loc.gov/resource/amedmonastery.00271079333-ms/?sp=17
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[18290] ὁρῶν τὸ κάλλος τῆς προκειμένης βίβλου [14th c.] ATHENS - Byzantino kai Christianiko Mouseio 157 (B.M. 2782) [14th c.] (f. 184v) (4 verses) (4/4)
Acknowledgements	Information on the occurrence courtesy of Georgi Parpulov. Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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