Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2438
(formerly typ/508)

	Εἴληφε τέρμα βίβλος ἡγλαϊσμένη
	Χριστοῦ φέρουσα τοὺς θεοφθόγγους λόγους.
	Ἔγραψε ταύτην Νικόλαος ἐν πόθῳ.
	Ἐν ἐπισκόποις ἀρχιερεὺς ὑπάρχων
	γαίας Καλαβρίτιδος, Ῥηγίου πόλις
	καὶ Σικελίας Θρηνακρίτιδος χώρας,
	θησαυρὸν αὐτὴν ὥσπερ ἄφθαρτον μέγα
	ἔχειν θελήσας παντὸς ἐυκλεεστέραν
	χρυσοῦ σμαράγδου τʹ ἀργύρου τε πορφύρας
	καὶ μαργάρων τε τῶν σελασφόρων λίαν
	ὕλης τε πάσης φιλτάτης ψευδολόγῳ.
	Τὰ φθαρτὰ γὰρ πέφυκε τέρπειν ἀφρόνων
	κτηνῶν δίκην αἴσθησιν, οἱ Χριστοῦ λόγοι
	τέρπουσιν, φωτίζουσιν ἐμφρόνων νόας
	καὶ προξενοῦσι τῶν μελλόντων τὸ κλέος.

Text source	C. Giannelli, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1485-1683 (vol. 5), Vatican City: 372
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Nikolaos (11th c.) - RGK: III.217 - VGH: 140.C (archiepiskopos of Rhegion < Calabria < Southern Italy < Italy)
Tag(s)	Self-presentation Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1982, Σημειώματα ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων ὡς πηγὴ διὰ τὴν ἔρευναν τοῦ οἰκονομικοῦ καὶ κοινωνικοῦ βίου τοῦ Βυζαντίου ἀπὸ τοῦ 9ου αἰῶνος μέχρι τοῦ ἔτους 1204, Athens: 153 K. Lake, S. Lake, 1937, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200. Manuscripts in Rome, part I (vol. 7), Boston: 15 G. Mercati, 1941, Nuove note di letteratura biblica e cristiana antica, Vatican City: 75 K. Staab, 1926, Die Pauluskatenen nach den handschriftlichen Quellen untersucht, Rome: 259-260 Secondary F. Bernard, K. Demoen 2019, Book epigrams, in A. Rhoby, N. Zagklas, W. Hörandner (eds.), A Companion to Byzantine Poetry, Leiden, 404-429: 418-419 D. Bianconi 2013, Libri e paratesti metrici a Bisanzio nell’ XI secolo. In margine a una recente pubblicazione, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 13, 297-314: 300-306 S. Lucà 2009, Sulla sottoscrizione in versi del Vat. gr. 2000 (ff. 1-154), in C. Braidotti, E. Dettori, E. Lanzillotta (eds.), Οὐ πᾶν ἐφήμερον. Scritti in memoria di Roberto Pretagostini, Rome, 275-308: 295-296
Number of verses	15
Occurrence(s)	[16993] εἴληφε τέρμα βίβλος \| ἡγλαϊσμένη [January 1037] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1650 [January 1037] (f. 185v) (15 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 185: "Librarii subscr."
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