Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2069
(formerly typ/142)

	Σιγᾶν πέπεικε τὴν θρασύστομον φρένα,
	τὸ χρυσόρειθρον τῶν νοημάτων στόμα.

Text source	A. Marava-Chatzinikolaou, C. Toufexi-Paschou, 1997, Catalogue of the Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece. Homilies of the Church Fathers and Menologia 9th-12th Century (vol. 3), Athens: 124
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Chrysostom (saint)
Tag(s)	Spiritual value of the book
Translation(s)	The mouth from which issues the gold river of meaning has persuaded the impudent-tonged mind to keep silence. Language English Source(s) A. Marava-Chatzinikolaou, C. Toufexi-Paschou, 1997, Catalogue of the Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece. Homilies of the Church Fathers and Menologia 9th-12th Century (vol. 3), Athens: 124
Bibliography	Primary R. Devreesse, 1937, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 330-603 (vol. 2), Vatican City: 460 I. Sakkelion, A. Sakkelion, 1892, Κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς Ἐθνικῆς Βιβλιοθήκης τῆς Ἑλλάδος, Athens: 36
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[17010] Σιγᾶν πέπεικε τὴν θρασύστομον φρένα, [11th c.] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 450 [11th c.] (f. 221v) (2 verses) [18006] σιγᾶν πέπεικε τὴν θρα\|σύστομον φρένα [11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 570 [11th c.] (f. 146r) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Lotte van Olmen, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 672: "In Ioann. Chrysostomi homilias contra Iudaeos"
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