Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 1928
(formerly typ/48)

	Εἰς γνόφον αἰγλήεντα μολῶν ἑνοειδέος ἀρχῆς,
	ἀπλανέος σοφὰ μέτρα θεηγορίης ἀναφαίνεις.

Text source	S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 71
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Pseudo-Dionysios the Areopagite (5th c. - 6th c.)
Tag(s)	Address to the author Praise of the author
Translation(s)	After having entered into the radiant darkness of the single principle, You bring to light the wise measures of the unerring theology. Language English Source(s) S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 71
Comment	John Scottus Eriugena (9th c.) made a Latin translation of this book epigram, which accompanies his translation of the Corpus Dionysiacum in several manuscripts (cf. De Groot (2021: 346)).
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 57 V. Lundström 1900, Ramenta byzantina, Eranos, 4, 134-147: 142 E. Stevenson, 1888, Codices manuscripti graeci Reginae Svecorum et Pii PP. II Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Rome: 24 Secondary S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 84-86, 91-95, 119
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[30158] εἰς γνόφον αἰγλήεντα μολῶν ἑνοειδέος ἀρχῆς [06/03/1389-31/12/1500] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 160 [06/03/1389] (f. 169v) (2 verses) [21969] εἰς γνόφ(ον) αἰγλήεντα μολῶν, ἑνοειδέος ἀρχῆς [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 32 [01/06/1353-30/09/1354] (f. 120r -- (alt.) f. 122r) (2 verses) [19163] Ἐἰς γνόφον αἰγλήεντα μολῶν, ἑνοείδεος ἀρχὴν [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 32 [01/06/1353-30/09/1354] (f. 194r -- (alt.) f. 189r) (2 verses) [21074] Εἰς γνόφον αἰγλήεντα μολῶν· ἑνοειδέο(ς) ἀρχὴν [1201-1225] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 11 sup. [1051-1200] (f. 187r) (2 verses) [18928] Εἰς γνόφον αἰγλήεντα μολῶν ἑνοειδέος ἀρχὴ [13th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II A 10 [13th c.] (f. 103v) (2 verses) [20076] Εἰς γνόφον αἰγλήεντα μολῶν ἑνοειδέος ἀρχῆς [14th c.] NELAHOZEVES - Zámek Roudnická Lobkowiczká Knihovna VI Fe 1 [1301-1350] (p. 1) (2 verses) [20083] Εἰς γνόφον αἰγλήεντα μολῶν ἑνοειδέος \| ἀρχῆς [14th c.] NELAHOZEVES - Zámek Roudnická Lobkowiczká Knihovna VI Fe 1 [1301-1350] (p. 393) (2 verses) [20086] Εἰς γνόφον αἰγλήεντα μολῶν ἑνοειδέως \| ἀρχῆς [14th c.] NELAHOZEVES - Zámek Roudnická Lobkowiczká Knihovna VI Fe 1 [1301-1350] (p. 585) (2 verses) [16939] Εἰς γνόφον αἰγλήεντα μολῶν· ἑνοειδέος ἀρχῆς [1026-1075] OXFORD - Corpus Christi College 141 [1026-1075] (f. 110r) (2 verses) [21435] εἰς γνόφον αἰγλήεντα μολῶν ἑνο\|ειδέος ἀρχῆς [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 86 [12th c.] (f. 353v) (2 verses) [25809] Ἐἰς γνόφον αἰγλήεντα μολῶν ἑνοειδέος ἀρχῆς [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 934 [11th c.] (f. 283v) (2 verses) [25995] εἰς γνόφ(ο)ν αἰγλήεντα μολ(ῶν) ἑνοειδέο(ς) ἀρχ(ῆς) [12th c.] ROME - Biblioteca Angelica gr. 37 (B.2.8) [12th c.] (f. 166r) (2 verses) [18116] Εἰς γνόφον αἰγλήεντα μολὼν ἑνοειδέος ἀρχῆς [11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 30 [11th c.] (f. 141r) (2 verses) [25515] Εἰς γνόφ(ον) αἰγλήεντα μολῶν ἑνοειδέος ἀρχ(ῆς) [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 207 [13th c.] (f. 357v) (2 verses) [17951] εἰς γνόφ(ον) αἰγλήεντα μολῶν ἑνοειδέος \| ἀρχῆς [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 374 [13th c.] (f. 219r-219v) (2 verses) [24900] Εἰς γνόφον αἰγλήεντα μολ(ῶν) ἑνοειδέος ἀρχῆς [14th-15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 376 [14th-15th c.] (f. 234v) (2 verses) [17884] Εἰς γνόφον αἰγλήεντα μολῶν \| ἑνοειδεος ἀρχῆς [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1525 [11th-13th c.] (f. 188r) (2 verses) [17414] εἰς γνόφον αιγλήεντα \| μολῶν ἑνοειδέος ἀρχῆς [11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1787 [11th c.] (f. 254v) (2 verses) display 15 more occurrences (18 in total) hide 15 occurrences (18 in total)
Related type(s)	[1931] Εἰς νόον αἰγλήεντα θεόγραφα χείλεα βάψας (3 verses) (Variant (other wordings))
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Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 195: "In s. Dionysium (de mystica theologia)"
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