Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 37136

	Πόσος πόθος μοι σῶν καλῶν συγγραμμάτων!
	Ἐνεσταλάχθη καρδία μου καὶ φλέγει,
	Εὐσέβιε, κύδιστε τῶν ἐπισκόπων,
	τῶν συγχρώντων σοι, κἂν δοκῇς σφάλλεσθαί που·
	Ὠριγένους πνέεις δὲ τῶν νοημάτων,
	σοφοῦ παλαιοῦ τῶν γραφῶν εἰδημόνως.

Text source	Archimandrite Vladimir, 1894, Sistematičeskoe opisanie rukopisej Moskovskoj Sinodal’noj (Patriarsej) Biblioteki. Rukopisi grečeskija (vol. 1), Moscow: 667
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Eusebios of Caesarea (260-265 - 339) Origen of Alexandria < Egypt (2nd c. - 3rd c.)
Tag(s)	Address to the author Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Comment	Text slightly modified by DBBE with the assistance of Georgi Parpulov.
Bibliography	Primary C. von Matthäi, 1805, Accurata codicum graecorum manuscriptorum bibliothecarum Mosquensium Sanctissimae Synodi notitia et recensio. Bibliotheca Sanctissimae Sinodi (vol. 1), Leipzig: 256-257
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[37135] Πόσος πόθος μοι σῶν καλῶν συγγραμμάτων [16th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 426 (Vlad. 439) [16th c.] (f. 13v) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Information on the type courtesy of Georgi Parpulov. Creator(s) Juan Bautista Juan López The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 640: "In Eusebium"
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