Type 6272
(formerly typ/4241)
Ἰδοὺ κλῖμαξ ἄνθρωπε καὶ βαῖνε πρόσω | |
καὶ γῆθεν ἀρθεὶς μὴ στραφῇς βλέψων κάτω | |
ἐπεί σε Χριστὸς ὁ βραβεὺς τῶν βαθμίδων | |
καλεῖ δι’ αὐτῆς καὶ προτείνει τὰ στέφη. |
Title(s) | Εἰς τὴν ἄνοδον τῆς ἱερᾶς κλίμακος |
Text source | A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 239-240 |
Text status | Text completely known |
Editorial status | Critical text |
Genre(s) | Image-related epigram |
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Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
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Comment | Demoen (2022: 1378): "this epigram is also transmitted as part of the literary works of Manuel Philes: it is the final poem of a cycle of thirty-three tetrastichs on the heavenly ladder, from which the producers of the Stavronikita manuscript may have taken it. Was it originally meant to accompany a similar depiction of a ladder? We cannot say – the epigram makes sense also when applied to the Ladder as mere text." |
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Number of verses | 4 |
Occurrence(s) |
[24101] ἰδοὺ κλίμαξ ἄν(θρωπ)ε καὶ βαῖνε πρόσω
[1324]
ATHOS - Mone Stauroniketa 30 [1324] (f. 260v) (4 verses) |
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Last modified: 2022-10-17.