Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2464
(formerly typ/538)

	Ἰωάννης μεγάλοιο Θεοῦ φίλος ἄπλετον ὄλβον
	πνεύματος ἐκ σοφίης δέγμενος ἐν κραδίῃ·
	πρῶτος ἐν ἀρχῇ πέφραδεν υἷα Θεοῦ Λόγον εἶναι
	ὃς σφετέρᾳ σοφίῃ κόσμον ἔτευξε λόγῳ.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 248-249
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Spiritual value of the book
Translation(s)	Johannes, des großen Gottes Freund, empfing im Herzen unermesslichen Reichtum aus der Weisheit des Geistes. Als erster verkündete er am Anfang, dass der Logos Sohn Gottes sei, der in seiner Weisheit durch das Wort die Welt schuf. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 248
Bibliography	Primary R. Devreesse, 1937, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 330-603 (vol. 2), Vatican City: 53
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[26649] ἰω(άννης) μεγάλοιο θ(εο)ῦ φίλο(ς) ἄπλετον ὄλβον [16th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 247 [16th c.] (f. 257v) (4 verses) [26664] ἰωάννης μεγάλοιο θ(εο)ῦ φίλος ἄπλετον ὄλβον [1331] ATHOS - Mone Iberon 1405 [1331] (f. 131v) (4 verses) [29686] Ἰωάννης μεγάλοιο θ(εο)ῦ φίλος ἄπλετον ὄλβον [13th c.] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagia Trias 11 [13th c.] (f. 130r) (4 verses) [19778] Ἰωάνν(ης) μεγάλοιο θ(εο)ῦ φίλος ἄπλετον ὄλβον [14th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Barocci 28 [14th c.] (f. 204v) (4 verses) [17945] ἰωάννης μεγάλοιο θ(εο)ῦ φίλος ἄπλετον ολβον [10th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 365 [10th c.] (f. 174v) (4 verses)
Related type(s)	[1990] Λουκᾶς ἠπιόθυμος ἀκεστορίης ἐπιΐστωρ (5 verses) (Same cycle) [2669] Πέτρου θεσπεσίοιο πάϊς καὶ μύστης Μᾶρκος (4 verses) (Same cycle)
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	BEiÜ IV, GR76 Paratexts of the Bible (Pinakes), 16323 Vassis ICB 2005, 370: "In s. Ioannem evang."
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