Type 4098
(formerly typ/2191)
| Ἰσαὰκ ἄριστε πατέρων, πάτερ, | |
| διδασκάλων πρώτιστε τῆς ὑφηλίου, | |
| τὸν ἐκ πόθου σου τὴν βίβλον κεκτημένον, | |
| Γεράσιμον, κάλλιστον ἐν μονοτρόποις, | |
| τῆς Κυπρίων καύχημα τῶν ἀζυγίων, | |
| τὸν ἀγχιθυρίζοντα μονῆς Κουντζοῦβε, | |
| ἔμπλησον αὐτὸν τοὺς σοὺς μαργάρους λόγους, | |
| δίδαξον αὐτὸν τὴν ἄσκησιν αἰσίως, | |
| σὺν Δοσιθέῳ, τὸν αὐτοῦ οἰκοτρίβην. | |
| Ἀλλὰ προπατ<ρ>ώνυμε, πατέρων ταξιάρχα, | |
| δείχνεις Εὐθυμίοιο τόνδε τόν πόθον, | |
| γράψαντα πίστει τούσδε τοὺς βραχεῖς στίχους. |
| Text source | C. Constantinides 1993, Poetic Colophons in Medieval Cypriot Manuscripts, in A. Bryer (ed.), The Sweet Land of Cyprus. papers given at the twenty-fifth jubilee Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Birmingham, March 1991, Nicosia, 319-380: 323 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Patron-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Isaac of Nineveh (7th c.) |
| Tag(s) | |
| Comment | Text source Constantinides (1993: 323) modified by DBBE. The first and the tenth verse respectively have eleven and fourteen instead of the expected twelve syllables. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 12 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[17187] Ἡσαὰκ ἄριστε π(ατέ)ρων, πατερ
[14th c.]
ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Γ 17 (Eustratiades 257) [11th c.] (f. 78v) (12 verses) |
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Contributor(s)
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| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 366: "Librarii subscr. (Ath. Laur. Γ 17/78v)" |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/4098 |
Last modified: 2023-09-13.
