Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5836
(formerly typ/3854)

Ἀνδράσι Θεσσαλίας τάδε δεύτερα ἰσόθεος φώς.

Title(s)	In Pauli epistulam secundam ad Thessalonicenses
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Paul (apostle, saint)
Tag(s)	Division of the book Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Title
Critical Notes	1 Θεσσαλίας ] Θεσσαλίης Rhoby; ἰσόθεος ] οὐράνιος Rhoby
Translation(s)	Das als zweites (schickt) der himmlische Mann den Männern Thessaliens. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 304
Comment	Eight manuscripts (London, British Library, Add. 19388 and Add. 37003; Ann Arbor, Univ. of Michigan Library, 34; Sinai, Monè tès Hag. Aikaterinès, gr. 277; Kobenhavn, KB, GkS 1322,4°; Athos Iberon 60; Athens EBE 208; Athos Megistes Lauras Α24) contain a slightly different version of this epigram, reading οὐράνιος instead of ἰσόθεος. The epigram also occurs in the 16th-century manuscript Athos Koutloumousiou 275 (f. 131v).
Bibliography	Primary S. Eustratiades 1917, Ἁγιορειτικῶν κωδίκων σημειώματα, Γρηγόριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς, 1, 49-771: 148 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 304
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[26674] ἀνδράσι θεσαλίης, τὰ δεύτερα οὐ(ρά)νιος φ(ῶς) [1276-1300] ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan Library 34 [1276-1300] (f. 265r) (1 verse) [37285] ἀνδράσι θεσσαλίης τάδε δεύτερα οὐ(ρά)νιος φ(ώς) [15th c.] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 208 [15th c.] (p. 368) (1 verse) [26279] ἀνδράσι θεσσαλίης τάδε δεύτερα ἰσό\|θεος φώς [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 37 [13th c.] (f. 279v) (1 verse) [26280] ἀνδράσι θεσσαλίης τάδε δεύτερα ἰσόθεος \| φώς [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 37 [13th c.] (f. 283r) (1 verse) [37217] ἀνδράσι θεσσαλίοις, τάδε δεύτερα οὐ(ρά)νιον φῶς [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Iberon 60 [1201-1325] (f. 160v) (1 verse) [37374] ἀνδράσι θεσσαλονικεῖς τάδε δεύτερα οὐ(ρά)νιος φώς [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Α 24 (Eustratiades 24) [13th c.] (f. 195r) (1 verse) [25243] ἀνδράσι θεσσαλί(ας) τάδε δεύτερα \| ἰσόθεος φῶς [926-975] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Β 64 (Eustratiades 184) [926-975] (f. 86r) (1 verse) [26988] ἀνδράσι θεσσαλίης, τά\|δε δεύτερα οὐ(ρά)νιος φώς [01/09/1277-31/08/1278] COPENHAGEN - Det Kongelige Bibliothek - GkS 1322,4° [01/09/1277-31/08/1278] (f. 113r) (1 verse) [26673] ἀνδράσι θεσσαλίης, τάδε δεύτερα οὐ(ρά)νιος φῶς [14th c.] LONDON - British Library - Add. 19388 [14th c.] (f. 43v) (1 verse) [37178] ἀνδράσι θεσσαλίης τάδε δεύτερα οὐ(ρά)νιος φῶς [14th c.] LONDON - British Library - Add. 37003 [14th c.] (f. 163v) (1 verse) [25283] ἀνδράσι θεσσαλίης τάδε \| δεύτερα οὐ(ρά)νιος φῶς [01/09/1307-31/08/1308] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 277 [01/09/1307-31/08/1308] (f. 160v) (1 verse) display 8 more occurrences (11 in total) hide 8 occurrences (11 in total)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Lotte van Olmen, Julián Bértola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, GB16
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