Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2689
(formerly typ/799)

	Κλῖμαξ κέκλιμαι καὶ τέθειμαι τὴν χάριν
	τῶν ἀζύγων τε καὶ Θεῷ προσκειμένων
	ἐφ᾽ ἣν δραμοῖεν εὐκταῖοι προθυμίᾳ
	προσβάντες εὐθὺς οἱ φυγόντες τὸν βίον
	μιᾶς τελειότητος βαθμοὺς τρὶς δέκα.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 166-167
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Heavenly Ladder John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Tag(s)	Description of an image Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Translation(s)	Als Leiter bin ich angelehnt und aufgestellt wegen der Unverheirateten und Gott Ergebenen, auf der mit Eifer betend emporlaufen mögen die dem (weltlichen) Leben abgeschworen haben, wobei sie sofort 30 Stufen der einen Vollkommenheit erreichen. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 167
Bibliography	Primary K. Bentein, F. Bernard, M. De Groote, K. Demoen 2009, Book Epigrams in Honor of the Church Fathers: Some Inedita from the Eleventh Century, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS), 49(2), 281-294: 292 B. De Montfaucon, 1715, Bibliotheca Coisliniana, olim Segueriana, Paris: 306 L. Politis, M. Politi, 1991, Κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς Ἐθνικῆς Βιβλιοθήκης τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἀρ. 1857-2500, Athens: 155
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[18319] Κλῖμαξ κέκλημαι καὶ τέθειμαι τὴν χάριν [1301-1350] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 2119 [1301-1350] (f. 124v) (5 verses) [26580] κλίμαξ \| κέκλη\|μαι \| καὶ τέθη\|μαι τὴν \| χάριν [1294] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 368 [1294] (f. 178v) (5 verses) [17353] κλί\|μαξ \| κέκλι\|μαι \| καὶ τέ\|θημαι \| τὴν \| χάριν [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 262 [12th c.] (f. 1r) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Lotte van Olmen, Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, FR41 Vassis ICB 2005, 409: "In Ioann. Climaci Scalam Paradisi" Vassis ICB 2011, 234: "In Ioann. Climaci Scalam paradisi"
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