Type 35609

Εἰς νόον αἰγλήεντα θεόγραφα χείλεα βάψας,
κάλλεα ποικίλλεις ἱερώνυμα καὶ μετὰ πότμον,
ζωοσόφοις λογίοις κελαδῶν θεοφάντορας ὕμνους.
Οὐρανὸν εἰσανάγεις, Διονύσιε, φῶτας ἀρίστους.
Title(s) In s. Dionysium (de div. nominibus)
Text source S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 110
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s)
Metre(s) Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s) Pseudo-Dionysios the Areopagite (5th c. - 6th c.)
Tag(s)
Translation(s) After having dipped your lips that write God in the radiant mind,
You embellish the beautiful things that have holy names, even after your death,
By singing hymns that reveal God with words of living wisdom.
You, Dionysius, lead the best men to heaven.
Language
English
Source(s)
S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 110
Comment Text of De Groot (2021: 110) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography
Number of verses 4
Occurrence(s) [22301] εἰς νό(ον) αἰγλήεντα θεόγραφα χείλη βάψ(ας) [13th c.]
VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 494 (coll. 331) [13th c.] (f. 66v)
(4 verses)
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