Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3167
(formerly typ/1300)

	Τὴν ἐκκάλυψιν τὴν Ἰωάννου δέχου
	τοῦ φῶς ἀπαστράψαντος ὡς βροντῆς γόνου.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 135
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	Receive the revelation of John, who as the son of thunder made the light shine forth. Language English Source(s) A. Pirtea 2021, Manuscripts, Paratexts, and the New Testament Canon: Arethas of Caesarea and the Reception of St John's Apocalypse in Byzantium (Ninth-Eleventh Centuries), in I. Biliarsky, M. Mitrea, A. Timotin (eds.), Religious Rhetoric of Power in Byzantium and South-Eastern Europe, Proceedings of the session held at the 12th International Congress of South-East European Studies (Bucharest, 2-6 September 2019), Brăila, 37-61: 60 Die Enthüllung des Johannes nimm an, der als Donnersohn das Licht ausstrahlte. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 135
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: 284 G. Karo, H. Lietzmann, 1902, Catenarum Graecarum Catalogus, Göttingen: 607 J. Migne, 1893, Patrologiae cursus completus. Series graeca (vol. 118), Paris: 33-34 H. Omont, 1929, Miniatures des plus anciens manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale du VIe au XIVe Siècle, Paris: 49 A. Pirtea 2021, Manuscripts, Paratexts, and the New Testament Canon: Arethas of Caesarea and the Reception of St John's Apocalypse in Byzantium (Ninth-Eleventh Centuries), in I. Biliarsky, M. Mitrea, A. Timotin (eds.), Religious Rhetoric of Power in Byzantium and South-Eastern Europe, Proceedings of the session held at the 12th International Congress of South-East European Studies (Bucharest, 2-6 September 2019), Brăila, 37-61: 60
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[26379] Τὴν ἐκκάλυψιν τὴν ἰωάννου δέχου [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 219 [11th c.] (f. 3r) (2 verses) [23537] Τὴν ἐκκάλυψιν τὴν \| ἰωάννου δέχου, \| [10th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 224 [10th c.] (f. 1r) (2 verses) [17158] ἡ βίβλος αὕτη ταῦτα συμπεριγράφει [10th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 224 [10th c.] (f. 222v) (5 verses) [24103] Τὴν ἐκκάλυψιν τὴν ἰωάννου δέχου [11th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 34 (coll. 349) [11th c.] (f. 6r) (2 verses)
Related type(s)	[3165] Ἡ βίβλος αὕτη ταῦτα συμπεριγράφει (1 verse) (Same cycle) [3169] Ἰωάννου πρόρρησις ἀψευδεστάτη (1 verse) (Same cycle) [3168] Ἰωάννου μύησις ἡ κεκρυμμένη (1 verse) (Same cycle) [3170] Ὁ μητροραίστης καὶ γένους ἀναιρέτης (10 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, FR14(2) BEiÜ IV, FR14(3) Vassis ICB 2005, 731: "In Ioannis Apocalypsin"
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