Type 4317
(formerly typ/2413)
| Κἀγώ, στιχιστά, πρὸς Θεὸν γόνυ κλίνων, | |
| ἐπεύχομαί σοι ψυχικὴν σωτηρίαν. | |
| Καλλιγραφεῖν δὲ τοὺς σοφούς σου δακτύλους | |
| λήρους ἰάμβους ὡσπερεὶ γραῶν μύθους, | |
| ἀπεύχομαι· φέρει γὰρ εἰς σὲ κατάραν, | |
| καὶ τοὺς στιχιστὰς ὡς λάλους κατακρίνει. |
| Text source | A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, 1894, Ἱεροσολυμιτικὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου ἀποστολικοῦ τε καὶ καθολικοῦ ὀρθοδόξου πατριαρχικοῦ θρόνου τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ πάσης Παλαιστίνης ἀποκειμένων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων (vol. 2), Saint-Petersburg: 170 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Scribe-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
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| Translation(s) |
Versifier, kneeling before God, I do pray for your spiritual salvation. However, I despise that your wise fingers beautifully write foolish iambic poems, as if they were barbarian stories. For this activity brings a curse to you, and condemns the poets as babbling.
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| Comment | In ms. Jerusalem, Patriarchike Bibliothêke, Hagiou Saba 96, this poem forms the second part of a strange diptych. The first poem is a traditional scribal epigram in praise of Basil of Caesarea, whereas this second poem begins a polemic against the writing of such (scribal) poems - or at least against this particular poem. Text of Papadopoulos-Kerameus (1894: 170) modified by DBBE. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 6 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[20626] κἀγὼ στιχιστὰ πρὸ(ς) θ(εὸ)ν γόνυ κλίνων
[13th c.]
JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagiou Saba 96 [13th c.] (f. 244v) (6 verses) |
| Related type(s) | [4316] Ἐν τῷ ῥέοντι καὶ ταχυδρόμῳ χρόνῳ (6 verses) (Same cycle) |
| Acknowledgements |
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| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 372: "Ad auctorem versuum in Basilii homilias morales" |
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Last modified: 2022-09-26.
