Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 35861

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	ἴαμβοι

	Ἀλλ’ ὦ θ(εο)υ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω ⁘ \|
	Ἐξαίρετον δὲ τοῖς μονάζουσι κλέος ⁘ \|
	Θέυδωρε τρισμέγιστε πατέρων π(άτ)ερ ⁘ \|
	Διδασκάλων τε πρῶτε τοῖς ὑφηλίωι ⁘ \|
	Δέχνοις ἰωάννοιο τοῖσγε τὸν πόθον ⁘ \|
	γράψαντος πίστει τούσδε \| τοὺς βραχεῖς στίχους ⁘

Type(s)	[2543] Ἀλλ’ ὦ Θεοῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίῳ (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	951-1000
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2094 [951-1000]
Place in Manuscript	f. 118r
Palaeographical information	The epigram is written in the same script as the main text. The initials of each verse are coloured in green or red.
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)
Bibliography	Primary I. Hutter, 2022, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Corpus der Italogriechischen dekorierten Handschriften der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (vol. 6.1), Stuttgart: 63
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) [35853] Ἀλλ’ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω [1101-1125] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2112 [10th-13th c.] (f. 41v) (6 verses) (6/6) [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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