Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3416
(formerly typ/1553)

	Τρίδομος κλίμαξ, τρίσδεκα βαθμῶν πέλω
	Τρίδωρον χάριν τοῖς βροτοῖς χορηγοῦσα
	Τῶν ἀρετῶν ἐκ πηγῆς τῶν θεορρύτων

Title(s)	Ἐνθάδε προτάξαι βίον, ἵν' ὁρῶντες τοὺς κοποῦς, μὴ ἀπιστῶμεν τοῖς δράμασιν.
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Spiritual value of the book
Comment	Title; Hardt (1810: 361): 'Inscriptio haec praemittitur cum versibus: Ἐνθάδε προτάξαι βίον, ἵν' ὁρῶντες τοὺς κοποῦς, μὴ ἀπιστῶμεν τοῖς δράμασιν'.
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 390 I. Hardt, 1810, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum Bibliothecae Regiae Bavaricae. Cod. CCCXLVIII-CCCCLXXII continens (vol. 4), Munich: 361
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[19305] τρίδομος κλίμαξ· \| τρισδέκα θμων πέ\|λωι [10th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 9, Cod. 3 [10th c.] (f. 353v) (3 verses) [21307] τρίδομος κλίμαξ, τρισδέκα βαθμῶν πέλων : [13th c.] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 440 [13th c.] ((unsure) f. 1r) (3 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 804: "In Ioannis Climaci Scalam Paradisi"
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Last modified: 2019-08-02.