Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 1981
(formerly typ/79)

	Ἡ πρωτόβαθμος τῶν μαθητῶν ἀκρότης,
	Πέτρος προβάλλει τοὺς λόγους ὡς μαργάρους
	ἐκ τῆς ἀβύσσου τῶν θεοῦ χαρισμάτων,
	οὓς εἵλκυσεν πρὶν μυστικωτάτω τρόπῳ,
	καὶ νυμφοκοσμεῖ τοῦ νοητοῦ νυμφίου,
	τὴν Παρθένόν τε καὶ νέαν Ἑκκλησίαν.

Text status	Text completely unknown
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Peter (apostle, saint) (1st c.)
Comment	The metrical paratext is also featured in f. 302v of the mansucript Urb. gr. 157, where it does not function as a book epigram.
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined C. Giannelli, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1485-1683 (vol. 5), Vatican City: 370 H. von Soden, 1902, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Untersuchungen. Die Textzeuge (vol. 1.1), Berlin: 385
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[16992] Ἡ πρωτόβαθμος τῶν μαθητῶν ἀ\|κρότης [January 1037] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1650 [January 1037] (f. 19r) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification
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Last modified: 2025-02-06.