Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2543
(formerly typ/633)

	Ἀλλ’ ὦ Θεοῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίῳ,
	ἐξαίρετον δὲ τοῖς μονάζουσι κλέος,
	Θεόδωρε τρισμέγιστε πατέρων πάτερ,
	διδασκάλων τε πρῶτε τοῖς ὑφ'ἠλίῳ,
	δέχνυσ' Ἰωάννοιο τοῖσγε τὸν πόθον
	γράψαντα πίστει τούσδε τοὺς βραχεῖς στίχους.

Text source	E. Auvray, 1891, Sancti patris nostri et confessoris Theodori Studitis praepositi Parva Catechesis, Paris: LXVI
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Ioannes Stoudites
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Naukratios (9th c.) - PBE: 5661 Theodore of Stoudios (759-826) - PBE: 7369 - PMBZ: 18819: "Personenkennziffer: 7574/corr." (abbas of the Monastery of Stoudios < Konstantinoupolis < Turkey)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author
Critical Notes	5 δέχνυσ' DBBE ] δέχνυς Auvray
Comment	Lauxtermann (2003: 355): 'John the Stoudite wrote this dedicatory epigram to accompany another epigram of his, inc. Ναυκρατίου μεγάλου, 6 vv. (ed. AUVRAY, p. LXVI), which he had written in honour of Naukratios. In other words, this is an epigram on an epigram'.
Bibliography	Primary E. Feron, F. Battaglini, 1893, Codices manuscripti graeci Ottoboniani Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Rome: 143 M. Lauxtermann, 2003, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 1), Vienna: 355 A. Rocchi, 1883, Codices cryptenses seu Abbatiae Cryptae Ferratae in Tusculano digesti et illustrati, Tusculani: 128
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[20455] Ἀλλ᾽ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίῳ [876-1000] GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Ε. α. XIII [1351-1400] (f. 144v) (2 verses) [26216] ἀλλ’ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω [1105] MESSINA - Biblioteca Universitaria - S. Salv. 83 [1105] (f. 297v) (6 verses) [23619] Ἀλλ’ ὦ θεοῦ δώρημα (...) [1026] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II B 20 [1026] (f. 202v) (6 verses) [21594] ἀλλ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω [13th-14th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 273 [13th-14th c.] (f. 293r) (6 verses) [21589] Ἀλλ’ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω [13th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 893 [13th c.] (f. 232r) (6 verses) [21591] Ἀλλ’ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίῳ [10th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1018 [10th c.] (f. 315r) (6 verses) [18066] Ἀλλ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω [10th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Ottob. gr. 251 [10th c.] (f. 97v) (6 verses) [35861] Ἀλλ'ὧ Θεοῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω [951-1000] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2094 [951-1000] (f. 118r) (6 verses) [35853] Ἀλλ’ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω [1101-1125] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2112 [10th-13th c.] (f. 41v) (6 verses) [26485] Ἀλλ’ ὦ θ(εο)ῦ δώρημα πᾶσιν ἐν βίω [11th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 141 (coll. 487) [11th c.] (f. 247r-247v) (6 verses) display 7 more occurrences (10 in total) hide 7 occurrences (10 in total)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Julián Bértola, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 35: "Ioann. Studites, In epigr. suum in laudem Naucratii mon. (BHG 1756a.IΙ)"
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