Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 34596

βίβλος γάρ εἰμι εὐκλεή(...) (...)
καρποὺς έχουσα ἐνθέους ζω(...) (...)
δαυεὶδ τε πρῶτον ἀκριβῆ ψαλμωδία(ν)·
κεὐαγγελιστῶν τὰς φάσεις τῶν τεττάρω(ν)·
πράξεις δὲ καὖθις των σοφῶν ἀποστόλω(ν)·
σὺν καθολικαῖς ἑπτὰ ταῖς σεβασμίαις·
κἐπιστολὰς δίς επτα παύλου ἐγκρίτου·
φέρουσα πιστοῦ δανιηλ φιλεντόλου·
γόνου τελοῦντος γαβριῆλ φιλοκάλου·
λαμπρᾶς ἐμίσης αὐτέου τῆς πατρίδος·
ὅνπερ λύτρωσαι χριστὲ τῶν πάντων ἄναξ·
τῆς δυσμενώδους καὶ κακῆς ἁμαρτίας·
καταξιῶν τε τῆς ανω κληρουχίας·
ζωῆς ἀλήκτου καὶ τρυφῆς αἰωνίου·
λιταῖς πανάγνου κἀτρεκοῦς θεητόκου·
τοῦ προδρόμου τὲ καὶ σοϕῶν ἀποστόλω(ν)·
και τοῦ χοροῦ τὲ τῶν ἁγιων μαρτύρω(ν)·
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Type(s) [34591] Βίβλος γάρ εἰμι εὐκλεή(...) (18 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text partially unknown
Date 9th c.
Manuscript VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. ar. 13 [9th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 179v
Person(s)
Patron
Daniel (9th c.)
Scribe
Kerykos (9th c.) - VGH: 231.D (diakonos)
Palaeographical information Written in ogival majuscule.
Contextual information Written at the end of the manuscript. The epigram is followed by a verse written in cryptography.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)
Subject(s)
Comment Schulthess (2018: 189-190 and 2018: 78) considers Gabriel to be the son of Daniel, based on the observation that the word "γόνου" occurs in the same verse as "Γαβριήλ". According to D'Aiuto (2003: 243) their relationship is the other way around: Daniel is the son of Gabriel.
In D'Aiuto's opinion, Daniel was the possessor of the manuscript and the epigram, along with the cryptographic subscription by which it is followed, is written by the scribe Kerykos, whose name is mentioned in the subscription. Schulthess (2018: 190-191 and 2018: 78-79), on the other hand, thinks that Gabriel is the scribe: "Also in the same verse, the present participle τελούντος could be related to a scribe finishing his work. This scribe would then be Gabriel Philokalos, son of Daniel Philentolos. (...) In my opinion, κηρύκου goes together with διακόνου and describes the function of 'preacher-deacon' to Gabriel."
Image source(s) https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.ar.13/0362
Bibliography

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Number of verses 18
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements Information on the occurrence courtesy of Georgi Parpulov.

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

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