Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2519
(formerly typ/607)

Κλίμαξ ἀρίστη οὐρανοδρόμου δρόμου.

Text source	P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1927, Codices Graeci Chisiani et Borgiani, Rome: 80
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Heavenly Ladder
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary R. Ricceri, R. Meesters 2022, A Metrical Colophon on John Klimax's Ladder of Divine Ascent, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1399-1407: 1405
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[18032] κλίμαξ ἀρίστη οὐρανοδρόμου δρόμου [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Chig. R VII 47 (gr. 38) [14th c.] (f. 247r) (1 verse)
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, 409: "In gradus Scalae Ioann. Climaci (tit.)"
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Last modified: 2022-12-13.