Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2044
(formerly typ/122)

	Οὐρανίων θιάσων ἱεράρχια τάγματα μέλψας,
	μορφοφανῶν τε τύπων κρύφιον νόον εἰς φάος ἕλκων
	ζωοσόφων λογίων θεοτερπέα πυρσὸν ἀνάπτεις.

Text source	S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 76
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)	After having sung of the hierarchical ranks of the heavenly troops, And having drawn to the light the hidden mind of the figures that appear in a (physical) form, You light up the God-pleasing fire of life-wise utterings. 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: 76 On St. Dionysius You who sang the hierarchic ranks of the heavenly companies and brought to light the hidden meaning of symbolic figures, light the torch, pleasing to God, of oracles wise unto life. Language English Source(s) W. Paton, M. Tueller, 2014, The Greek Anthology. Books 1-5 (vol. 1), Cambridge: 57 En chantant la hiérarchie des choeurs célestes et en mettant en pleine lumière le sens caché des figures symboliques, tu allumes le flambeau divin des oracles salutaires à la vie. Language French Source(s) P. Waltz, 1928, Anthologie Grecque. Tome I: Anthologie palatine, Livres I-IV (vol. 1), Paris: 35 Die hierarchischen Ordnungen himmlischer Scharen besingend und den geheimen Sinn gestalteter Bilder ans Licht ziehend entzündet er die gottgefällige Fackel von Worten lebendiger Weisheit. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 334 An den hl. Dionysios Hast die heiligen Ränge der himmlischen Chöre besungen, hast den verborgenen Sinn der symbolischen Bilder beleuchtet und das göttliche Feuer der weisen Orakel entzündet. Language German Source(s) H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. I-VI (vol. 1), München: 163 Caelestium chorearum qui sacros-principes-que ordines cantaveris, typorumque illorum qui certis-formis conspiciuntur absconditam mentem in lucem producas, eloquiorum quae-viva-sapientia-praedita-sunt facem vel ipsum-deum-delectantem accendis. Language Latin Source(s) E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 359
Comment	= Anth. Gr. Append. III.420
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 31, 56 H. Beckby, 1965, Anthologia Graeca. I-VI (vol. 1), München: 162-163 K. Bentein, F. Bernard, M. De Groote, K. Demoen 2009, Book Epigrams in Honor of the Church Fathers: Some Inedita from the Eleventh Century, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS), 49(2), 281-294: 286 E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 359 S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 96-100 B. De Montfaucon, 1702, Diarium Italicum, Paris: 364 P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1927, Codices Graeci Chisiani et Borgiani, Rome: 137 C. Giannelli, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1485-1683 (vol. 5), Vatican City: 81 S. Lilla, 1985, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 2162-2254 (codices Columnenses) (vol. 8), Vatican City: 2 V. Lundström 1900, Ramenta byzantina, Eranos, 4, 134-147: 141 E. Mioni, 1992, Catalogus codicum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Neapolitanae (vol. 1.1), Rome: 47 W. Paton, M. Tueller, 2014, The Greek Anthology. Books 1-5 (vol. 1), Cambridge: 56-57 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 334-335 P. Waltz, 1928, Anthologie Grecque. Tome I: Anthologie palatine, Livres I-IV (vol. 1), Paris: 35 display 11 more references (14 in total) hide 11 references (14 in total)
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[26728] οὐ(ρα)νίων θιασῶν ἱεράρχια τάγματα \| μέλψας [851-950] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 202 [851-950] (f. IIv) (3 verses) [19143] Οὐ(ρα)νίων θεασῶν ἰεραρχία τάγματα μέλψας [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 11 [15th c.] (f. 1r) (3 verses) [24718] οὐ(ρα)νίων θίασων ἱεράρχια τάγματα \| μέλψας [11th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 13 [11th c.] (f. 7v) (3 verses) [19155] οὐ(ρα)νίων θιάσ(ων) ἱεράρχια τάγματα μέλψας [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 32 [15th c.] (f. 28v) (3 verses) [23492] οὐ(ρα)νίων θιάσων ἱεραρχία τάγματα μέλψας [1496-1505] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 636 [1496-1505] (f. 4r) (3 verses) [18923] Οὐ(ρα)νίων θιάσων ἱεράρχια τάγματα μέλψας [13th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II A 10 [13th c.] (f. 71r) (3 verses) [30122] οὐρανίων θιάσων ἱεράρχια τάγματα μέλψας [14th-15th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Clarke 37 [11th c.] (f. 1r) (3 verses) [30125] οὐ(ρα)νιων θιάσων ἱεράρχια τάγματα μέλψας OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Clarke 37 [11th c.] (f. 114r) (3 verses) [25690] Οὐρανίων θιάσων ἱεραρχία τάγματα μέλψας [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 442 [12th c.] (f. 8v) (3 verses) [25789] οὐ(ρα)νίων θιάσων ἱεράρχια τάγματα μέλψας [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 934 [11th c.] (f. 134v) (3 verses) [18043] οὐ(ρα)νίων θιάσων ἱεραρχία τάγματα μέλψας [1426-1500] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Borg. gr. 22 [15th c.] (f. 4v) (3 verses) [25475] οὐ(ρα)νί(ων) θιάσων ἱεραρχία τάγμ(α)τα μέλψας [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 39 [13th-14th c.] (f. 8r) (3 verses) [17880] οὐ(ρα)νίων θιάσων ἱεράρχια τάγματα μέλψας [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1525 [13th c.] (f. 129r) (3 verses) [16966] Οὐ(ρα)νίων θιάσων ἱεραρχία τάγματα μέλψας [11th-12th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2162 [11th-12th c.] (f. 8v) (3 verses) [22918] Οὐ(ρα)νίων θιάσων ἱεραρχικὰ τάγμ(α)τα μέλψας [14th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - suppl. gr. 1 [14th c.] (f. 5r) (3 verses) [22528] Οὐρανίων θεάσων ἱεράρχια τάγματα μέλψας [13th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 65 [13th c.] (f. 75r) (3 verses) display 13 more occurrences (16 in total) hide 13 occurrences (16 in total)
Acknowledgements	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.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca, I.88 BEiÜ IV, IT7 Vassis ICB 2005, 573: "In s. Dionysium (de cael. hierarchia)"
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