Type 1932
(formerly typ/53)

Ἐκ δογμάτων τὸ μεῖζον ὕψους τῶν βίβλων,
ἐκ ῥημάτων τὸ πλεῖον ὥρας καὶ τέχνης,
ἄμφω φερουσῶν κλῆσις οὗ θεῖοι λόγοι.
Δοὺς καὶ τὸν ἐκτὸς κόσμον ἐκ τῶν πραγμάτων,
ὁ πατρίκιος εὐσεβὴς Νικήφορος,
τῷ φιλοτίμῳ τοῦ πόθου καὶ τοῦ τρόπου,
μᾶλλον τὸ νικᾶν ἐμπαρέσχε ταῖς βίβλοις,
ἃς δῶρον ὥς τι τῷ πλάσαντι προσφέρων,
πλουτεῖ μὲν αὐτὸς τὰς ἐκεῖθεν ἐλπίδας
πρὸς τῇ λυτρώσει τῶν σφαλέντων ἐν βίῳ,
Εὐδοκίᾳ δὲ προξενεῖ τῇ συζύγῳ
μνήμην ἀνεξάλειπτον, ἐκ γῆς ἠρμένῃ.
Text source C. Macé, V. Somers 2000, Sur la beauté du livre et la contemplation du divin… Édition et traduction de quelques adscripta métriques des manuscrits de Grégoire de Nazianze, in B. Coulie (ed.), Studia Nazianzenica (vol. 1), Leuven, 51-68: 58-59
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Patron-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)
Tag(s)
Critical Notes 3 φερουσῶν κλῆσις ] φερόντων κλῆσιν Magnelli
Translation(s)
Comment Macé - Somers (2000: 59): "Il s'agit ici avant tout d'une glorification du travail de copie, d'une justification de la richesse du livre". Macé - Somers (2000: 61): "l'oeuvre de Grégoire est envisagée ici sous un double aspect: sa valeur spirituelle et sa qualité littéraire."
Bibliography
Number of verses 12
Occurrence(s) [17228] ἐκ δογμάτων τὸ μεῖζον ὕψους τῶν βίβλων [11th c.]
PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 517 [11th c.] (f. 2r)
(12 verses)
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 207: "In librum orationum Greg. Nazianzeni"
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