Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5586
(formerly typ/3644)

Εἰ Παύλου στόμα τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου στόμα,
Χριστοῦ δὲ στόμα τοῦ Παύλου πέλει στόμα,
τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου Χριστοῦ καὶ Παύλου στόμα.
Text source H. Hunger, C. Hannick, W. Lackner, 1992, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Theologici 201-337 (vol. 3.3), Vienna: 284
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)
Tag(s) Praise of the author
Translation(s) If Chrysostom’s mouth is Paul’s mouth,
and Paul’s mouth is Christ’s mouth,
then Chrysostom’s mouth is the mouth of both Christ and Paul.
Language
English
Source(s)
K. Demoen, R. Ricceri, M. Tomadaki 2021, Paul in Byzantine Book Epigrams, in M. Cacouros, J. Sautel (eds.), Des cahiers à l'histoire de la culture à Byzance. Hommage à Paul Canart, codicologue (1927-2017), Leuven / Paris / Bristol, 117-134: 124
Bibliography

Primary

K. Demoen, R. Ricceri, M. Tomadaki 2021, Paul in Byzantine Book Epigrams, in M. Cacouros, J. Sautel (eds.), Des cahiers à l'histoire de la culture à Byzance. Hommage à Paul Canart, codicologue (1927-2017), Leuven / Paris / Bristol, 117-134: 124-125
Number of verses 3
Occurrence(s) [22845] Εἰ Παύλου στόμα τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου στόμα [1451-1500]
VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 285 [1459] (f. 179r)
(3 verses)
Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 191: "In Ioann. Chrysostomum et in s. Paulum"
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