Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 35853

	ἴαμβοι·

	Ἀλλ’ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω·
	Ἐξαίρετον δὲ τοῖς μονάζουσι κλέως·
	Θεόδωρε τρισμέγιστε π(ατέ)ρων πάτερ·
	Διδασκάλων τε πρῶτον τῆς ὑφηλίω·
	Δέχνυς ιωάννοι ὁ τοῖσγε τὸν πόθον·
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Type(s)	[2543] Ἀλλ’ ὦ Θεοῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίῳ (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1101-1125
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2112 [10th-13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 41v
Palaeographical information	The title and the initials of each verse are written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is located right after another metrical paratext (inc. "Ναυκρατίου μεγάλου γλυκερὸς πόνος ὅν ποτε κεῖνος").
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Ioannes Stoudites Theodore of Stoudios (759-826) - PBE: 7369 - PMBZ: 18819: "Personenkennziffer: 7574/corr." (abbas of the Monastery of Stoudios < Konstantinoupolis < Turkey)
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.2112/88
Bibliography	Primary I. Hutter, 2022, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Corpus der Italogriechischen dekorierten Handschriften der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (vol. 6.1), Stuttgart: 473
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[17187] Ἡσαὰκ ἄριστε π(ατέ)ρων, πατερ [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Γ 17 (Eustratiades 257) [11th c.] (f. 78v) (12 verses) (1/6) [20455] Ἀλλ᾽ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίῳ [876-1000] GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Ε. α. XIII [1351-1400] (f. 144v) (2 verses) (1/6) [26216] ἀλλ’ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω [1105] MESSINA - Biblioteca Universitaria - S. Salv. 83 [1105] (f. 297v) (6 verses) (6/6) [23619] Ἀλλ’ ὦ θεοῦ δώρημα (...) [1026] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II B 20 [1026] (f. 202v) (6 verses) (2/6) [21594] ἀλλ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω [13th-14th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 273 [13th-14th c.] (f. 293r) (6 verses) (6/6) [21589] Ἀλλ’ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω [13th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 893 [13th c.] (f. 232r) (6 verses) (6/6) [21591] Ἀλλ’ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίῳ [10th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1018 [10th c.] (f. 315r) (6 verses) (6/6) [18066] Ἀλλ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω [10th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Ottob. gr. 251 [10th c.] (f. 97v) (6 verses) (6/6) [35861] Ἀλλ'ὧ Θεοῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω [951-1000] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2094 [951-1000] (f. 118r) (6 verses) (1/6) [26485] Ἀλλ’ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω [11th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 141 (coll. 487) [11th c.] (f. 247r-247v) (6 verses) (6/6) display 7 more occurrences (10 in total) hide 7 occurrences (10 in total)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Eleonora Lauro Transcriber(s) Eleonora Lauro 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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