Type 2883
(formerly typ/985)

Καὶ τήνδε λαμπρὰν οὐρανοδρόμον βίβλον,
τὴν τοὺς βροτοὺς φέρουσαν ἄνω πρὸς πόλον,
τὴν τῶν ἁπασῶν ἀρετῶν πεπλησμένην,
τὴν τοῦ κλίμακος τοῦ σοφοῦ Ἰωάννου
κτᾶται σφοδρῷ τε καὶ διαπύρῳ πόθῳ
ὁ Συναδηνὸς Κομνηνὸς Ἰωάννης,
ἀνακτόγαμβρος στρατοπεδάρχης μέγας.
Εἰδὼς γὰρ αὐτὴν στερρὰν αὐχοῦσαν βάσιν
ἐς οὐρανὸν φθάνουσαν, αὐτοῦ δε πλάτη
τὰς ἀρετὰς ἔχουσαν ὥσπερ βαθμίδας,
ποθεῖ δι᾽ αὐτῆς μέχρις οὐρανοῦ φθάσαι
καὶ τῶν ἀγαθων ἀπολαῦσαι τῶν ἄνω.
Ὃ καὶ γένοιτο, παντάναξ παντοκράτορ.
Αὕτη δ᾽ ἐγράφη παρ᾽ ἐμοῦ Κωνσταντίνου
Ἁγιοευφημίτου προσκεκλημένου.
Text source F. Euangelatou-Notara, 2000, Χορηγοί-κτήτορες-δωρητές σε σημειώματα κωδίκων. Παλαιολόγειοι χρόνοι, Athens: 204
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s)
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)
Tag(s)
Translation(s) Hunc quoque splendidum ad caelum tendentem librum,
Qui mortales sursum ad polum ducit
Omni virtutum genere repletus,
Joannis scilicet Climaci sapientis,
Vehementi cum amore possidet
Joannes Comnenus Synadenus
Imperatoris gener, dux exercitus magnus.
Sciens quippe ipsam solidum esse gloriosamque basim
Quae ad caelum pertingit, in suaque latitudine
Virtutes habere veluti gradus;
Per eam optat ad caelum usque penetrare,
Supernique frui bonis.
Quod utinam eveniat, omnium Rex et Imperator!
Hic vero scriptus est per me Constantinum,
Qui Hagioeuphemites sive sancti Euphemii cognominor.
Language
Latin
Source(s)
B. De Montfaucon, 1715, Bibliotheca Coisliniana, olim Segueriana, Paris: 142
Bibliography
Number of verses 15
Occurrence(s) [18576] Καὶ τήνδε λαμπρὰν οὐ(ρα)νοδρόμον βίβλον [1276-1300]
PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 89 [1276-1300] (f. 392v)
(15 verses)
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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 384: "Librarii subscr."
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