Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6107
(formerly typ/4092)

	Ὁρᾷς τὰς ὀφρῦς πῶς συνῆξεν ὡς νέφη
	ὗσαι τὰ θεῖα πᾶσι βροντῆσαι θέλει
	τοῦ δ' ἀστραπῆς φαίνοντα τὰ φάη πλέον.

Title(s)	Στίχοι εἰς τὸν μέγαν Ἰωάννην τὸν Θεολόγον
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined N. Bees, 1967, Τὰ χειρόγραφα των Μετεώρων : κατάλογος περιγραφικός των χειρογράφων κωδίκων των αποκειμένων εις τας μονὰς των Μετεώρων (vol. 1), Athens: 539 A. Kominis 1951, Συναγωγὴ ἐπιγραμμάτων εἰς τοὺς τέσσαρας Εὐαγγελιστάς, Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (EEBS), 21, 254-261: 277 DBBE (last accessed: 2026-08-14).
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[24995] Ὁρᾶς τὰς ὀφῦς π(ῶς) συνῆξεν ὡς νέφη [15th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Ω 16 (Eustratiades 1826) [15th c.] (f. 96r) (3 verses) [23763] Ὁρᾶς τὰς ὀφρῦς, πῶς συνῆξεν ὡς νέφη [14th c.] METEORA - Mone Metamorphoseos 543 [14th c.] (f. 90v) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 543: "In s. Ioannem evang."
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Last modified: 2022-09-14.