Type 2670
(formerly typ/776)

Ὁρῶν τὸ κάλλος τῆς προκειμένης βίβλου
τὴν ἀστραπήν, ἄνθρωπε, τῶν λόγων νόει
οὓς ἡ τετρακτὺς τῶν σοφῶν ἀποστόλων
ἐρητόρευσε πνεύματος μουσουργίαις.
Text source D. Pallas, 1955, Κατάλογος χειρογράφων τοῦ Βυζαντινοῦ Μουσείου Ἀθηνῶν, Athens: 37
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s)
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
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Translation(s) When looking at the beauty of the present book,
consider, man, the lightning of the words
which the foursome of the wise apostles
has written rhetorically, inspired by the Spirit.
Language
English
Source(s)
K. Demoen 2022, Reading: Book Epigrams - Introduction, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1369-1380: 1379
Comment Text source Pallas (1955: 37) modified by DBBE.
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Number of verses 4
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 549: "In quattuor evangelia"
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Last modified: 2022-11-15.