Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3427
(formerly typ/1563)

	Κλῖμαξ πέφυκα τῆς ἀνωτάτου πύλης.
	Ταύτην βαδίζων πρὸς Θεὸν σοφῶς οἴχου
	ὅπως ἀναχθῇς εἰς τὸν εὐκλέα δόμον.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 262
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Heavenly Ladder John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature
Translation(s)	Ich bin die Leiter zur Pforte ganz oben. Diese betretend geh weise zu Gott, damit du in das berühmte Haus hinaufgeführt wirst. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 262
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 481 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: 194
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[19335] κλίμαξ πέφυκα τ(ῆς) ἀνωτάτης πύλ(ης) [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 10, Cod. 11 [14th c.] (f. 263r) (3 verses) [22078] Κλίμαξ πέφυκα τῆς ἀνο\|τάτου πύλης [14th c.] METEORA - Mone Rousanou 22 [1301-1350] (f. 8v) (3 verses) [31359] κλίμαξ πέφυκα τ(ῆς) ἀνοτάτου πύλ(ης) [1300-1500] METEORA - Mone Rousanou 22 [1301-1350] (f. 8v) (3 verses)
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, GR94 Vassis ICB 2005, 409: "In Ioann. Climaci Scalam Paradisi"
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