Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 30691

	Πρόσελθε θείως, καὶ μεθέξεις ἀξίως·
	πῦρ γὰρ τὸ δῶρον, τοὺς ἀναξίους φλέγον.

Text source	O. Volk 1955, Die byzantinischen Klosterbibliotheken von Konstantinopel, Thessalonike und Kleinasien, Munich: 87
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Address to the reader
Comment	Vassis (2005: 103) considers these verses to be part of a three-verse epigram, inc. 'Βιβλίον Προδρόμου μονῆς τῆς Στουδίου'.
Bibliography	Primary C. Van de Vorst, H. Delehaye, 1913, Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum graecorum Germaniae, Belgii, Angliae, Brussels: 127
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[30692] πρόσελθε θείως, καὶ μεθέξεις ἀξίως [11th c.] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 377 [11th c.] (f. Iv) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 103: "Nota possessionis libri"
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