Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2536
(formerly typ/623)

	Πνευματικοῖς λόγοις ἤρδευσε τὸν κόσμον
	Ἐφραὶμ ὁ κλεινὸς καὶ πολὺς ἐν τοῖς θείοις,
	οὗ τὰ πονήματα ὃς συλλέξαι θελήσῃ
	οὐχ οἷος τʹ ἔσται, καὶ γὰρ ἀπείρως ἔχει.
	Ἀλλʹ ὦ φωτιστὰ τοῦ νοῦ, καὶ δότερ λόγου
	Ἰησοῦ Χριστέ, Θεὲ καὶ σῶτερ φωτῶν.
	Αὐτοῦ προσευχαῖς, καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων·
	δὸς ἡμῖν ποιεῖν ἅπερ καὶ μελετῶμεν,
	ἵνα μὴ διπλῶς ἐκεῖ τιμωρηθῶμεν.
	Μνήσθητι, Κύριε, τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ Ἰωνᾶ.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Ephrem the Syrian (306 - 09/06/373) - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Prayer Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined B. De Montfaucon, 1708, Palaeographia graeca sive de ortu et progressu literarum graecarum, Paris: 48-49 K. Demoen 2012, La poésie de la συλλογή Les paratextes métriques des manuscrits byzantins et le (vocabulaire du) recueil, in C. Gastgeber, C. Messis, D. Muresan, F. Ronconi (eds.), Pour l'amour de Byzance. Hommage à Paolo Odorico, Frankfurt am Main, 89-98: 93
Number of verses	10
Occurrence(s)	[23091] Πνευματικοῖς λόγοις ἤρδευσε τὸν κόσμον [1001-1025] SOFIA - Centar I Dujcev D. gr. 160 [1001-1025] (f. 130r) (9 verses) [17139] Πνευματικοῖς λόγοις ἤρδευσε τ(ὸν) κόσμον [1022] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1815 [1022] (f. 280r) (10 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 627: "Ionas mon., In s. Ephraemum Syrum"
Permalink	https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/2536

Last modified: 2019-07-04.