Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2003
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	Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων
	νύκτα δι᾿ ἀμβροσίην τὴν οὐ θέμις ἐξονομῆναι.

Title(s)	Ἐπίγραμμα εἰς τὸν μακάριον Διονύσιον εἰς τὸ περὶ μυστικῆς θεολογίας
Text source	S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 69
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-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 Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Translation(s)	Epigram on the blessed Dionysius, on the work On the Mystical Theology You left behind a radiant mind and knowledge of what exists, Through the immortal night that should not rightfully be called by its name. 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: 69 И блистающий ум ты оставил, и знание сущих Ночи ради бессмертной, которой нельзя называть. Language Russian Source(s) G. Prochorov 1983, Греческие эпиграммы в славянском переводе XIV в. и в русской рукописной традиции, in M. Alekseev, N. Baskakov, O. Tvorogov (eds.), Духовная культура славянских народов: литература, фольклор, история, Leningrad, 88-96: 92
Comment	Written in almost correct dactylic verse. This poem closely resembles another epigram in honour of Ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite with the following incipit: 'Ἀγγελικῶν γραφίδων ἀμαρύγματα πολλὰ κιχήσας'. It has the same metre, the same length and the same content as this poem. The epigram also occurs in the 17th-century manuscript Vat. Urb. gr. 5 (f. 205r). 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: 345)). This epigram was translated into Slavonic in by Isaiah, former abbot of the Panteleemon Monastery of Athos (cf. Parpulov 2022: 339, n. 14).
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 51 H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 100 S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 94-95 S. Lilla, 1985, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 2162-2254 (codices Columnenses) (vol. 8), Vatican City: 3 V. Lundström 1900, Ramenta byzantina, Eranos, 4, 134-147: 141 J. Migne, 1857, Patrologiae cursus completus. Series graeca (vol. 3), Paris: 117 display 3 more references (6 in total) hide 3 references (6 in total) 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, 91-92, 119 G. Parpulov 2022, Byzantine Book Epigrams in Medieval Slavonic Manuscripts, Palaeoslavica, 30(1-2), 335-344: 39 (n. 14)
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[20838] καὶ νόον (…) καὶ γνωσιν ἐόντων [11th c.] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados - Metochion Pan. Taphou 642 [11th c.] (f. 169r) (2 verses) [30138] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες, κ(αὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [14th c.] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 2636 [14th c.] (f. 134v) (2 verses) [29986] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες. καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντ(ων) [11th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 157 [10th-11th c.] (f. 171v) (2 verses) [30142] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες. καὶ γνῶσιν \| ἐόντων [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 158 [14th c.] (f. 264v) (2 verses) [30157] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόν\|των [06/03/1389] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 160 [06/03/1389] (f. 169v) (2 verses) [30163] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν \| ἐόντων [11th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 161 [11th c.] (f. 174r) (2 verses) [30217] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπ(ες), κ(αὶ) γνῶσ(ιν) ἐόντ(ων) [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 261 [13th c.] (f. 274r) (2 verses) [30223] κ(αὶ) νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπ(ες) κ(αὶ) γνῶσ(ιν) ἐόντ(ων) [15th c.] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 265 [15th c.] (f. 184v) (2 verses) [23448] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [14th c.] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Σ.ΙΙΙ.10 [14th c.] (f. 195r) (2 verses) [30227] Καὶ νόον αἰγλή\|εντα λίπες \| καὶ γνῶσιν \| ἐόντων [886] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 202 [886] (f. 166r) (2 verses) [19145] Καὶ νόον αἰγληέντα λίπες, καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [29/01/1348] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 26 [29/01/1348] (f. 225r) (2 verses) [21966] Καὶ νόον αἰγληέντα λίπες (καὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [June 1353] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 32 [01/06/1353-30/09/1354] (f. 117r -- (alt.) f. 119r) (2 verses) [31235] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπ(ες) καὶ γνώσ(ιν) ἐόντων [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 29 [14th c.] (f. 172v) (2 verses) [30232] Και νοον αιγληεντα λιπες. και γνωσιν εοντων [10th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - San Marco 686 [10th c.] (f. 186v) (2 verses) [20724] καὶ νόον αιγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνωσιν ἐόντων [8th-9th c.] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Timiou Staurou 23 [8th-9th c.] (p. 302) (2 verses) [22542] Καὶ νό(ον) αἰγλήεν(τα) λείπ(ες) \| κ(αὶ) γνῶσ(ιν) ἐόντ(ων) [01/09/971-31/08/972] LONDON - British Library - Add. 18231 [01/09/971-31/08/972] (f. 77r) (2 verses) [24801] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [14th c.] LONDON - British Library - Add. 22350 [14th c.] (f. 240r) (2 verses) [18768] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν ἐ\|όντων [10th c.] LONDON - British Library - Add. 36821 [10th c.] (f. 170v) (2 verses) [22603] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [1401-1450] LONDON - British Library - Harley 5678 [1401-1450] (f. 198v) (2 verses) [19619] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λεῖπες (καὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [14th-15th c.] MODENA - Biblioteca Estense Universitaria α. T. 9. 08 (Puntoni 45; olim II B 8) [14th-15th c.] (f. 123v) (2 verses) [18825] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [11th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 36 (Vlad. 110) [11th c.] (f. 173v) (2 verses) [34293] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [11th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 268 (Vlad. 111) [11th c.] (f. 172v) (2 verses) [23495] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες κ(αὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [1496-1505] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 636 [1496-1505] (f. 4r) (2 verses) [18927] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες. καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [13th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II A 10 [13th c.] (f. 101r) (2 verses) [18948] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες κάτω, κ(αὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [14th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II B 5 [1326-1375] (f. 121r) (2 verses) [20077] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λύπαις, καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [14th c.] NELAHOZEVES - Zámek Roudnická Lobkowiczká Knihovna VI Fe 1 [1301-1350] (p. 1) (2 verses) [20082] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες, καὶ γνῶσιν \| ἐόντων [14th c.] NELAHOZEVES - Zámek Roudnická Lobkowiczká Knihovna VI Fe 1 [1301-1350] (p. 393) (2 verses) [20085] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [14th c.] NELAHOZEVES - Zámek Roudnická Lobkowiczká Knihovna VI Fe 1 [1301-1350] (p. 563) (2 verses) [30006] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες. καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [1496-1505] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - D'Orville 113 [1496-1505] (f. 245v) (2 verses) [16938] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν νεόντ(ων) [1026-1075] OXFORD - Corpus Christi College 141 [1026-1075] (f. 106r) (2 verses) [17454] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες. κ(αὶ) γνῶσ(ιν) ἐόντ(ων) [1076-1100] OXFORD - Corpus Christi College 163 [12th c.] (f. 230r) (2 verses) [25108] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεν\|τα λίπες· καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [1076-1100] OXFORD - Lincoln College 14 [1076-1100] (f. 80v) (2 verses) [25114] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες, κ(αὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [1326-1350] OXFORD - Magdalen College gr. 2 [1326-1350] (f. 179v) (2 verses) [21430] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες κάτω. καὶ γνώσιν ἐόντων [1376-1400] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 85 [1376-1400] (f. 312r) (2 verses) [21434] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες. καὶ \| γνῶσιν ἐόντων [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 86 [12th c.] (f. 343v) (2 verses) [21459] καὶ νόον αἰγλίεντα λίπες κ(αὶ) γνῶσιν ἑόντων [9th-10th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 253 [9th-10th c.] (f. 198v) (2 verses) [25319] καὶ νοον αἰγληεντα λειπες καὶ γνωσιν εοντων [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 439 [11th c.] (f. 103v) (2 verses) [24708] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες. κ(αὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 440 [11th c.] (f. 153r) (2 verses) [25350] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπ(ες)· καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντ(ων) [14th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 441 [14th c.] (f. 91v) (2 verses) [25644] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 442 [12th c.] (f. 216v) (2 verses) [25254] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα \| λίπες· καὶ γνώσιν ἐόντων [1272] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 443 [1272] (f. 140r) (2 verses) [23780] κ(αὶ) νό(ον) αἰγλήεντ(α) λίπες κ(αὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντ(ων) [1299] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 448 [1299] (f. 376r) (2 verses) [25808] Κ(αὶ) νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες. κ(αὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 934 [11th c.] (f. 283v) (2 verses) [25826] Καὶ νόον αἰγλή\|εντα λίπες, καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [13th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 935 [13th c.] (f. 290r) (2 verses) [18251] κε νον εγλήεντα (...) [9th-10th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 51 [9th-10th c.] (f. 184r) (2 verses) [18255] καὶ νόον αἰγληέντα (...) [10th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 52 [10th c.] (f. 120v) (2 verses) [25989] (καὶ) νό(ον) αἰγλήεντα λίπες. Καί γνῶσιν ἐόντων [12th c.] ROME - Biblioteca Angelica gr. 37 (B.2.8) [12th c.] (f. 161v) (2 verses) [23910] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες, κ(αὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [14th c.] ROME - Biblioteca Angelica gr. 43 (B.3.8) [14th c.] (f. 162v) (2 verses) [31488] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λιπες· κ(αὶ) γνώσιν ἐόντων [15th c.] ROME - Biblioteca Angelica gr. 80 (C.1.11) [15th c.] (f. 206v) (2 verses) [23061] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνώσιν εόντ(ων) [10th c.] ROME - Biblioteca Vallicelliana E 29 (Martini 69) [10th c.] (f. 118v) (2 verses) [25914] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες κ(αὶ) γνῶσιν \| ἐόντων [1329] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 321 [1329] (f. 250v) (2 verses) [25925] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπ(ες). καὶ γνῶσ(ιν) ἐόντων [14th c.] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 322 [14th c.] (f. 173v) (2 verses) [25934] καὶ νόων αἰγλήεντα λίπες, κ(αὶ) \| γνῶσιν ἐόντων [1335] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 323 [1335] (f. 147r) (2 verses) [21888] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [15th-16th c.] STRASBOURG - Bibliothèque Nationale Universitaire 1904 [15th-16th c.] (f. 140v) (2 verses) [18046] κ(αὶ) νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες κ(αὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [1426-1500] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Borg. gr. 22 [15th c.] (f. 4v) (2 verses) [25479] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες \| (καὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντ(ων) [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 39 [1276-1410] (f. 8r) (2 verses) [25491] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα \|\| λίπες· κ(αὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 39 [1276-1410] (f. 139r-139v) (2 verses) [18115] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα (...) καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 30 [11th c.] (f. 137r) (2 verses) [25510] κ(αὶ) νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες \| κ(αὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 207 [13th c.] (f. 356r) (2 verses) [25448] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες. καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [11th-12th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 371 [11th-12th c.] (f. 167r) (2 verses) [25450] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες (καὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 372 [14th c.] (f. 202v) (2 verses) [25466] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες κ(αὶ) γνῶσ(ιν) ἐόντ(ων) [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 374 [13th c.] (f. 213v) (2 verses) [24901] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες, καὶ γνῶσ(ιν) ἐόντ(ων) [14th-15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 376 [14th-15th c.] (f. 228r) (2 verses) [17957] καὶ νό(ον) ἀγλήεντα λίπ(ες) καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 377 [14th c.] (f. 326v) (2 verses) [26732] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες∙ καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [1105] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 504 [1105] (f. 67r) (2 verses) [25550] Και νόον αιγλήεντα \| λίπες. καὶ γνῶσιν ε\|όντων [12th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 859 [12th c.] (f. 36v) (2 verses) [17883] καὶ νό(ον) αἰγλήεντ(α) λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1525 [11th-13th c.] (f. 183v-184r) (2 verses) [17455] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες. καὶ γνωσιν ἐόντων [11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1787 [11th c.] (f. 247r) (2 verses) [17456] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες, (καὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [11th-12th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2162 [11th-12th c.] (f. 193v) (2 verses) [22121] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶ\|σιν ἐόντων [13th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 143 (coll. 392) [13th-14th c.] (f. 253v) (2 verses) [26192] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες κάτω· καὶ γνῶσ(ιν) ἐόντων [1276-1300] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 144 (coll. 531) [1276-1300] (f. 75r) (2 verses) [22304] Καί νό(ον) αἰγλήεντ(α) λίπες (καὶ) γνῶσ(ιν) \| ἐόντ(ων) [13th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 494 (coll. 331) [13th c.] (f. 99r) (2 verses) [22337] Καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντ(ων) [11th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 558 (coll. 789) [11th c.] (f. 129r) (2 verses) [22926] καὶ νόον ἀγλήεντα λίπες καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [14th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - suppl. gr. 1 [14th c.] (f. 206r) (2 verses) [22608] καὶ νόον αἰγλήεντα λίπες· καὶ γνῶσιν ἐόντων [13th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 65 [13th c.] (f. 102v) (2 verses) [22700] καὶ νόων αἰγλήεντα λίπες (καὶ) γνῶσιν ἐόντων [951-1000] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 110 [951-1000] (f. 171r) (2 verses) display 73 more occurrences (76 in total) hide 73 occurrences (76 in total)
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