Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 32551

	Ἱεροθέου μοναχοῦ καὶ πρεσβυτέρου μονῆς τῆς Ὡραίας Πηγῆς

	Ἡ παμμεγίστη σὴ ταπείνωσις, πάτερ,
	τὸ δαψιλές τε δάκρυον τῆς καρδίας
	ἀνώτερον θέντα σε τῶν ἐγκοσμίων
	θεωριῶν ἔμπλησαν ὑπερκοσμίων·
	τοὺς ἐνθέους οὖν ὃς κακίζει σου λόγους
	κακὸς κακῶς ὄλοιτο σὺν βλασφημίαις.

Type(s)	[5422] Ἡ παμμεγίστη σου ταπείνωσις, πάτερ (6 verses)
Text source	A. Kambylis, 1976, Symeon Neos Theologos, Hymnen, Berlin: 25
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	ZWICKAU - Ratsschulbibliothek Ms. III [14th-15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 7v
Contextual information	The epigram is the first in a series of three poems, which precede Symeon the New Theologian's Hymns.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Symeon the Theologian (949-1022) - PMBZ: 29643: "Personenkennziffer: 27488"
Bibliography	Primary A. Kambylis, 1976, Symeon Neos Theologos, Hymnen, Berlin: LIV Secondary K. Treu 1974, Zu den griechischen Handschriften in Zwickau, Revue d'histoire des textes, 3, 231-240: 234
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[32544] ἡ παμμεγίστη σου ταπείνωσις π(ᾶτ)ερ [1391-1400] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Barocci 5 [1391-1400] (f. 165v) (6 verses) (6/6) [23980] Ἡ παμμεγίστη σὴ ταπείνωσις π(άτ)ερ [14th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 103 [14th c.] (f. 14v) (6 verses) (6/6) [23989] ἡ γὰρ μεγίστη σου \| ταπείνωσις π(άτε)ρ [14th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 103 [14th c.] (f. 16v) (4 verses) (2/6) [32752] Ἡ παμμεγίστη σὴ ταπείνωσις, πάτερ [14th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 427 [14th c.] (f. 101v) (6 verses) (6/6) [22306] ἡ παμμεγίστη σου ταπείνωσ(ις) π(άτ)ερ [13th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 494 (coll. 331) [13th c.] (f. 266r) (6 verses) (6/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(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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