| Text source |
S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 79
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| Text status |
Text completely known |
| Editorial status |
Critical text |
| Genre(s) |
Author-related epigram
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| Metre(s) |
Dactylic hexameter
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| Subject(s) |
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| Tag(s) |
Praise of the author
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| Translation(s) |
By contemplating the images of heavenly rites and of
Our sacred mysteries, Dionysius, the initiate of Christ, expressed them.
He once sat on the Athenian hill of Ares,
But instead of remaining in office as judge, he followed after the holy Paul.
- Language
- English
- Source(s)
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S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 79
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| Bibliography |
Primary
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A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 57
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K. Demoen, R. Ricceri, M. Tomadaki 2021, Paul in Byzantine Book Epigrams, in M. Cacouros, J. Sautel (eds.), Des cahiers à l'histoire de la culture à Byzance. Hommage à Paul Canart, codicologue (1927-2017), Leuven / Paris / Bristol, 117-134: 127 (n. 41)
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V. Lundström 1900, Ramenta byzantina, Eranos, 4, 134-147: 142
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| Number of verses |
4 |
| Occurrence(s) |
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| Acknowledgements |
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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| Identification |
Vassis ICB 2005, 183: "In s. Dionysium (de mystica theologia)"
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| Permalink |
https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/2413 |
