Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 35359

ἐρώτησις ἄριστος περὶ τῆς βίβλου:
(...) πρὸς αὐτῆς τῆς ἀληθείας, βίβλε,
(...)ς μηδόλως προσλαλήσεις ἀρτίως·
(...) φράσω σοι μὴ μακρηγόρει δέ μοι:
(...) λέγε·
(...) μὴ κρυβείς σοι τοῦ λέγειν·
(...) ἔνεστι πρὸς ταύτην πάλιν·
(...) (...)εῖν οὐ γὰρ ἀνάγκη τόδε·
(...)ος προσξενεῖ σοι ἐν τούτω·
(...) (...)λοντι τὸν γεγραφότα·
(...) (...)ωτηρίας ψυχῆς τε·
(...)σῆκον τὸ μαθεῖν τὰ τοιαῦτα·
(...) πρόσεισιν ἐν ἐρωτήσει·
(...) ὦ φιλτάτη τῶν βίβλων·
(...) (...)θέτει πρὸς ταῦτα·
(...) σωτήριον φέρει·
(...) (...)ησαν οἱ μεγιστάνοι·
(...) (...)ενιος ὁ πάνυ:
(...) δέδωκεν αὐτῶ προθύμ(ως):
(...) ἀλλὰ συγγνώμην νέμε·
(...) οἰκτρὸς ἀλύτης·
(...) κακεργάτης γραφεύς τε·
τῆς ἀκο(...) φεῦ ἀλλὰ τῶν μονοτρόπων·
τὸ σχῆμα μὲν ναί, τὴν δὲ γνώμην οὐκέτι·
τρίτης ἐνταῦθα ἐρωτήσεως δεῖται:
Νέμοι θ(εό)ς σοι μὴ παρέλκοις τοῦ λέγειν·
(...)τω δ' ἐγράφεις καὶ τόδ’ αὖ μαθεῖν θέλω·
Τῶ κεκτημένω μετὰ πόθου σοι βίβλε·
Ἔγνωμεν τοίνυν τὸν γραφέα ὡς ἔφης
Τὸν δὲ κύριον τοῦ φράσειν μὴ ὀκνύσεις·
ἐν αὐτῆ σοι λέλεκται τῆ ἀποκρίσει·
Φράσω σοι ταῦτα φιλαλήθως καὶ λέγω·
Τὸν δεσπότην μου φιλοβίβλ(ων) πρωτίστοις·
Μάρκος τοὔνομα μπρουν γὰρ ἔχει τὸ πίκλην·
Ἄριστος αὐτὸς ἐν θειοτάτοις λόγοις·
Καὶ σωζομένων ἐπεύχεται μερίδος:
This is a partially unknown text. The numbers on the left are there for reference purposes only and do not necessarily correspond with the actual verse number.
Type(s) [35358] Ἐρώτησις ἄριστος περὶ τῆς βίβλου (36 verses)
Text source
Text status Text partially unknown
Date September 1345
Manuscript SOFIA - Cărkovno-istoričeski i archiven institut 805 [September 1345]
Place in Manuscript f. 361r
Person(s)
Patron
Markos Mproun (14th c.) - PLP: VIII.19831 (kyros)
Palaeographical information The first verse of each stanza (the poem consists of six six-verse stanzas: three questions to the book and three answers by the book itself), is written in red ink.
Contextual information The poem is followed by a colophon on f. 361v, mentioning the name of the sponsor of the manuscript and the date of completion.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)
Subject(s) Markos Mproun (14th c.) - PLP: VIII.19831 (kyros)
Comment Getov (2014: 17) has been kept as the text source for vv. 2-4 and the beginning of some verses, which are barely legible on the reproduction in Getov (2014: plate 4).
Bibliography

Primary

D. Getov, 2014, A catalogue of the Greek manuscripts at the Ecclesiastical Historical and Archival Institute of the Patriarchate of Bulgaria. Bačkovo Monastery (vol. 1), Turnhout: (image: plate 4)
Number of verses 36
Related occurrence(s) [25406] Ἐγὼ μὲν ἤξας τῇ κελεύσει σου πάτερ [11th c.]
ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Β 86 (Eustratiades 206) [11th c.] ((gen.) end of the ms.)
(46 verses) (8/36)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Transcriber(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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