Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2505
(formerly typ/588)

	Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος ἔφυ σέλας, ὃς μετὰ πότμον
	ζωοτόκων λογίων προλιπὼν θεοφάντορας ὕμνους,
	ἀνθρώπους ἐδίδαξεν ἰδεῖν θεὸν αἰὲν ἐόντα.

Title(s)	Ἐπίγραμμα εἰς τὸν μακάριον Διονύσιον
Text source	S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 78
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Pseudo-Dionysios the Areopagite (5th c. - 6th c.)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author
Translation(s)	Epigram on the blessed Dionysius He begot the light of the starry sky, he who, after his death, left behind hymns that reveal God, composed of life-producing sayings and taught the people to see God who is eternal. 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: 78
Comment	The epigram also occurs in the 17th-century manuscript Vat. Urb. gr. 5 (f. 141r).
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 31 British Museum, 1907, Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the years. 1900-1905, London: 235 S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 96, 99-100 V. Lundström 1900, Ramenta byzantina, Eranos, 4, 134-147: 141 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 41
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[30226] Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερό\|\|εντος ἔφυ σέ\|λας ὃς μετὰ πό\|τμον [851-950] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 202 [851-950] (f. 42r-42v) (3 verses) [19144] Ὀὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος ἔφυ σέλας ὃς μετὰ πότμον [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 11 [15th c.] (f. 17r) (3 verses) [24719] Ὀυρανου ἀστερόεντος ἔφυ σέλας \| ὃς, μετὰ πότμον [11th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 13 [11th c.] (f. 98r-98v) (3 verses) [19160] οὐ(ρα)νοῦ ἀστερ (...) ἔφυς σέλας πότμ(ον) [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 5, Cod. 32 [15th c.] (f. 78v) (3 verses) [20723] οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος ἔφυς ἕλασσος μετα πότμον [8th-9th c.] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Timiou Staurou 23 [8th-9th c.] (p. 196) (3 verses) [24799] οὐ(ρά)νου ἀστερό(εν)το(ς) ἔφυ σέλας ὃς μετ(ὰ) πότμον [971] LONDON - British Library - Add. 18231 [971] (f. 30r) (3 verses) [18765] Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος ἔφυ σέλας ὃς, μετα \| πότμον [10th c.] LONDON - British Library - Add. 36821 [10th c.] (f. 44v) (3 verses) [23494] οὐ(ρα)νοῦ ἀστερόεντος ἔφυ σέλας, ὂς μετὰ πότμον [1496-1505] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 636 [1496-1505] (f. 4r) (3 verses) [30121] οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος ἔφυς σέλας, ὃς μετά πότμον [14th-15th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Clarke 37 [11th c.] (f. 1r) (3 verses) [30126] οὐ(ρα)νοῦ ἀστερόεντο(ς) ἔφυς σέλας· ὃς μετὰ πότμον OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Clarke 37 [11th c.] (f. 114v) (3 verses) [25078] Οὐ(ρα)νοῦ ἀστερόεντος ἔφυ σέλας ὃς μετὰ πότμον [1076-1100] OXFORD - Lincoln College 14 [1076-1100] (f. 22v) (3 verses) [24961] Ου(ρα)νοῦ ἀστερόεντος ἔφυ σέλας ὃς μετὰ πότμον [1376-1400] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 85 [1376-1400] (f. 100v-101r) (3 verses) [24709] Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος. ἔφυς σέλας· ὃς μετὰ πότμον [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 440 [11th c.] (f. 157r) (3 verses) [18230] Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος ἔφυ σέλας, ὃς μετὰ πότμον [10th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 52 [10th c.] (f. 6v) (3 verses) [25932] Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος ἔφυ, σέλας ὃς, μετα πότμον [1335] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 323 [1335] (f. 37v) (3 verses) [18045] οὐ(ρα)νοὺ ἀστερόεντος ἔφυ σέλας, ὃς μετὰ πότμον [15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Borg. gr. 22 [15th c.] (f. 4v) (3 verses) [25541] Οὐρανοῦ ἀστερόεντος \| ἔφυς σέλας, ὃς μετὰ \| πότμον [12th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 859 [12th c.] (f. 36v) (3 verses) [16968] Οὐ(ρα)νοῡ (?) ἀστερόεντος ἔφυ σέλας· ὃς μετὰ πό\|(..)ον [11th-12th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2162 [11th-12th c.] (f. 53r) (3 verses) display 15 more occurrences (18 in total) hide 15 occurrences (18 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	Vassis ICB 2005, 574: "In s. Dionysium (de eccles. hierarchia)"
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