Type 36772
| Ἐνθάδ᾿ ἀπειρεσίοιο νοὸς πτ(...) | |
| ἐκ βραχέων ἐπέων θήκατο Χριστοφόρος, | |
| ὄφρ᾿ εὖ γινώσκοιντο ὅλου ἁγίων χ<ρόνου ἄθλων> | |
| τέρματα μακαρίης εἵνεκα μνημοσύνης. |
| Title(s) | Επίγραμμα δι᾿ ἡρωε<λεγείων περὶ τῶν> ἁγίων τοῦ ὅλου χρόνου |
| Text source | M. De Groote, 2012, Christophori Mitylenaii Versuum Variorum Collectio Cryptensis, Turnhout: 78 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Critical text |
| Genre(s) | |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Elegiacs |
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| Translation(s) |
Epigram in elegiac couplets about the saints of the whole year. Here Christopher has set forth in concise verses the . . . of a boundless mind, so that the martyrdoms of the saints of the whole year would be made well known, for the sake of their blessed memory. |
| Comment | The the Grottaferrata collection [GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Ζ. α. XXIX [13th c.]] includes a book epigram "book epigram in elegiac couplets introducing one of the “epigrammatic” calendars (probably the hexametric one)". (Agapitos 2020:28). Poem 83, ed. De Groote. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 4 |
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Creator(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 228: "Cristoph. Mytilenaeus, Epigr. de sanctis totius anni" |
| Permalink | http://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/36772 |
Last modified: 2025-07-14.
