Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3097
(formerly typ/1214)

	Τὴν βίβλον, ἣν στίλβουσαν, ἄνθρωπε, βλέπεις
	τῶν χρυσολαμπῶν γραμμάτων τῇ συνθέσει,
	Εὐαγγελιστῶν ἡ διπλῆ δυὰς γράφει.
	Τί τοῦτο; διπλοῦς ζωγραφοῦσα τοὺς νόμους
	τὸν τῆς Παλαιᾶς καὶ Νέας. Πλὴν τὴν χάριν,
	ἣν τῇ Νέᾳ δίδωσιν, ἐξαίρει πλέον,
	κοσμῶν ὁ χρυσὸς τῇ γραφῇ τοῦ Βιβλίου,
	ἐν ᾧ τὰ πάντα, πολλαχῶς ἐσπαρμένα,
	εἰς ἓν συνάψας ἐκ πόθου πολλοῦ Λέων,
	ψυχαῖς τρυφὴν δίδωσι τὴν καθ᾽ ἡμέραν·
	ἀνθ᾽ ὧν ἐκεῖθεν, σῆς τρυφῆς γεγευμένος,
	Βίβλῳ γραφείη τῶν ἀεὶ ζώντων, Λόγε.

Text source	D. Chabiaras 1916, Οἱ Βυζαντινοὶ αὐτοκράτορες Θεοδόσιος ὁ μικρὸς καὶ Λέων ὁ Σοφός: ἔξοχοι καλλιγραφεῖς, Ἐπετηρὶς τοῦ Φιλολογικοῦ Συλλόγου Παρνασσός, 12, 189-209: 199-200
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Four Evangelists
Tag(s)	Beauty of the book Dedication Introduction to the subject
Critical Notes	12 λόγων Benesevic
Bibliography	Primary G. Askitis 1947, Περιγραφὴ παλαιογραφικὴ, Δωδεκανησιακὴ Ἐπιθεώρησις, 1, 136-138: 137 V. Beneševič, 1911, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum qui in monasterio Sanctae Catharinae in monte asservantur. Codices manuscripti notabiliores bibliothecae monasterii Sinaitici ejusque metochii Cahirensis, ab archimandrita Porphyrio (Uspenskio) descripti (vol. 1), Saint-Petersburg: 119
Number of verses	12
Occurrence(s)	[18884] Τὴν βίβλον, ἣν στίλβουσαν, ἄνθρωπε, βλέπεις [10th-11th c.] RHODOS - Historiko Archeio Dodekanêsou 2 [10th-11th c.] (f. 217v) (12 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 729: "Librarii subscriptio"
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