Type 33777
| Γράμματα Γραιυγένων κατὰ σκήματα, σοφέ, γινώσκεις. |
| Title(s) | Subscriptio Ioannis Scotti Eriugenae |
| Text source | M. Herren, G. Mandolino, A. Dunning, C. Tommasi, 2020, Iohannis Scotti Eriugena. Carmina. De Imagine, Turnhout: 55 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
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| Metre(s) | Dactylic hexameter |
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| Translation(s) | Scholar, you know the letters of the Greeks by their shapes. |
| Comment | This is the first line of a poem, which continues in Latin: "Cerne: labore meo lingua Pelasga patet. Quisque uelit sapiens sapientes gnoscere causas, Sensibus in sacris sentiat artis opes. Has euangelicas doctrinas doctor ab astris Nobis praecipiens contulit ore Deus. Qui regnit omne quod est, qui condidit omne creatum, Qui factor mundi uirgine factus homo est; Principium sine principio, finis sine fine est, Omnipotens Dominus, lucis origo, Deus. Lux aeterna, Dei Verbum, sapientia Patris, Caelestis patriae uerba superna dare Venit in hunc mundum, rex regum rexque Sabaoth, Ipse Deus hominum, qui dedit omne bonum. Fons bonitate potens, fons uitae fonsque sophiae, Cor mundum famulis da, bone Chrite, tuis. Saluator mundi, qui saecula sordida mundas, Cum uirtute crucis crimina cuncta lauans, Omnipotens, miserere mei, miserere dolentis: Sum mihi namque mei causa doloris ego. Da dolor absistat, da uitam daque sophiam: Des mihi perpetui, te rogo, regna poli." (edition: Herren et al. (2020: 55-56)) The poem is a glossator's colophon to a copy of the Greek gospels with a Latin interlinear translation. According to Herren (1996: 306-309) and Herren et al. (2020: XLV-L), John Scottus Eriugena is the author of this poem and of the interlinear translation. Text of Herren et al. (2020: 55) modified by DBBE. |
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| Number of verses | 22 |
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[33779] γραμματα‧ γραιυγενων κατα σκηματα‧ σοφε γυνοσκις
[860-870]
ST. GALLEN - Stiftsbibliothek 48 [860-870] (p. 395) (22 verses) |
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Last modified: 2021-11-22.
