Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5751
(formerly typ/3775)

	Ὄπαζε, Παῦλε ἀποστόλων προυχέτα,
	ἀτοπημάτων συγγνώμην Θευφυλάκτῳ·
	στοργῇ γὰρ τῇ σῇ παιδιθεῖς κινεῖ χεῖρα
	ἠκιδιάσαι τοῦ ξύειν οὐ μελίσας.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Paul (apostle, saint)
Tag(s)	Prayer
Bibliography	Primary S. Lucà 2009, Sulla sottoscrizione in versi del Vat. gr. 2000 (ff. 1-154), in C. Braidotti, E. Dettori, E. Lanzillotta (eds.), Οὐ πᾶν ἐφήμερον. Scritti in memoria di Roberto Pretagostini, Rome, 275-308: 292 (n. 47) A. Revilla, 1936, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial (vol. 1), Madrid: 532
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[23106] Ὄπαζε παῦλε ἀπο(στόλων) προυχέτα [1101-1125] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Τ.III.12 [1101-1125] (f. 197v) (4 verses) [23108] ὅπαζε παῦλε ἀπο(στ)ο(λ)ων \| προυχέτα [10th-11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1971 [10th-11th c.] (f. 191r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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, 535: "In s. Paulum"
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Last modified: 2025-12-16.