Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4250
(formerly typ/2347)

	Τριαντάριθμος οὐρονοδρόμος κλίμαξ
	εἰς οὐρανοὺς φέρουσα τοὺς βροτοὺς βάσεις
	πίστις τὰ χρηστὰ τῶν καλῶν πάντων φέρει
	ἐλπὶς δὲ ποιεῖ καρτερεῖν ἐν τοῖς πόνοις
	ἡ δ' αὖ τελειοῖ προσφυῶς ἡ ἀγάπη·
	εἴληφε τέρμα τριακοντόπους κλίμαξ
	ἡ δὲ τριὰς σώζοις με τὸν κεκτημένον.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Praise of the author Spiritual value of the book
Comment	The epigram might be the conflation of three separate texts (vv. 1-2; 3-5; 6-7).
Bibliography	Primary R. Ricceri, R. Meesters 2022, A Metrical Colophon on John Klimax's Ladder of Divine Ascent, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1399-1407: 1404
Number of verses	7
Occurrence(s)	[20146] τριαντάριθμος οὐρανοδρόμος κλίμαξ [1301-1325] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Λ 107 (Eustratiades 1598) [1301-1325] (f. 261v) (7 verses)
Related type(s)	[4365] Πίστις τὰ χρηστὰ τῶν καλῶν πάντων φέρει (3 verses) [2107] Τριαντάριθμος οὐρανοδρόμος κλίμαξ (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 803: "In Ioannis Climaci Scalam Paradisi"
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Last modified: 2022-12-06.