Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3401
(formerly typ/1540)

	Κλίμαξ ἄνω φέρουσα τοὺς ἐναρέτους
	ἐξ ἧς κάτω πίπτουσιν ἄφρονες μόνοι.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 93
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	Eine Leiter, welche die Tugendhaften emporträgt, von der alleine die Törichten hinunterfallen. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 93
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 266 S. Eustratiades, V. Arkadios, 1924, Κατάλογος τῶν ἐν τῇ ἱερᾷ μονῇ Βατοπεδίου ἀποκειμένων κωδίκων, Cambridge: 70 K. Hajdú, 2003, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München. Codices graeci Monacenses 110–180 (vol. 3), Wiesbaden: 49 D. Sofianos, 1993, Τὰ χειρόγραφα των Μετεώρων : κατάλογος περιγραφικός των χειρογράφων κωδίκων των αποκειμένων εις τας μονὰς των Μετεώρων. Τὰ χειρόγραφα της Μονής Αγίας Τριάδος (vol. 4), Athens: 195
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[20157] κλίμαξ ἄνω φέρουσα τοὺς ἐναρέτους [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 355 [14th c.] (f. 168r) (2 verses) [19288] κλίμαξ ἄνω φέρουσα τοὺς ἐναρέτους [13th-15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 20 [12th c.] ((gen.) Front flyleaf) (2 verses) [22079] Κλίμαξ ἄνω φέρουσα τοὺς ἐναρέτους [14th-15th c.] METEORA - Mone Rousanou 22 [1301-1350] (f. 225v) (3 verses) [31360] κλίμαξ ἄνω φέρουσα τοὺς ἐναρέτους [14th-15th c.] METEORA - Mone Rousanou 22 [1301-1350] (f. 226r) (1 verse) [21943] κλίμαξ \| ἄνω φέ\|ρουσα τοὺς \| ἐναρέτους [1301-1350] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 114 [1301-1350] (f. 182v) (2 verses) [21768] Κλίμαξ ἄνω φέρουσα τοὺς ἐναρέτους [12th c.] SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Nacional'naja biblioteka (RNB) - Ф. № 906 (Gr.) Gr. 102 (Granstrem 427) [12th c.] (f. 236bv) (1 verse) [26511] κλίμαξ ἄνω φέρουσα τ(οὺς) ἐναρέτους [12th-15th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. II 32 [12th-15th c.] (f. 219r) (2 verses) display 4 more occurrences (7 in total) hide 4 occurrences (7 in total)
Related type(s)	[35391] NA (2 verses) (Variant (other wordings))
Acknowledgements	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	BEiÜ IV, ÄG15 Vassis ICB 2005, 409: "In Ioann. Climaci Scalam Paradisi"
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Last modified: 2019-12-19.

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