Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17019
(formerly occ/137)

	εἰς τὸν ἅγιον ἰωάννην τὸν ἀπο(στολον) καὶ εὐαγγελιστὴν καὶ θεολόγον:

	Βροντὴς γόνον σε χριστὸς εἰκότως ἔφη :
	ὡς τὴν ἄναρχον π(ατ)ρ(ὸ)ς ἐξαναιτίον :
	γέννησιν αὐτοῦ σοῖς θεοφθόγγοις λόγοις :
	μέγιστα βροντήσαντα τη κτίσει πάση :
	εὐαγγελιστὰ παμμάκαρ (καὶ) παρ(θέ)νε :
	φωστὴρ ἰωάννη τε τῶν ἀποστόλων :
	καὶ πλεῖον αὐτῶν κ(υρί)ω πεφιλμένε :
	ἀλλ’ ὡς προς αὐτὸν νῦν ἔχων παρρησία :
	ἄνωθ(εν) αἰτοῦ τὴν λύσιν τῶν πταισμάτ(ων) :
	ἐμοὶ δοθῆναι τῶ πόθω κεκτημέ(νω) :
	τὴν παντὸς ὄλβου τήνδε τιμιω\|τέραν :- \|
	τῶν σῶν φαϊνῶν δογμάτων θεί\|αν βίβλον :- \|

Type(s)	[1885] Βροντῆς γόνον σε Χριστὸς εἰκότως ἔφη (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	METEORA - Mone Metamorphoseos 540 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 221r
Person(s)	Scribe Klemes (11th c.) (monachos)
Contextual information	Follows a pinax and precedes a new part of the manuscript. Is followed by a short text in prose.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Comment	Bees (1998: 533-534) gives only the first verse and the last four ones.
Image source(s)	http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=47&left=-5&top=-86&site=INTF&image=32702/0/4190/10/3372
Bibliography	Primary N. Bees, 1967, Τὰ χειρόγραφα των Μετεώρων : κατάλογος περιγραφικός των χειρογράφων κωδίκων των αποκειμένων εις τας μονὰς των Μετεώρων (vol. 1), Athens: 533-534 K. Bentein, F. Bernard 2011, A Cycle of Book Epigrams in Honour of the Four Evangelists., Scriptorium, 65, 237-249: 245 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 321-322
Number of verses	12
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Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'. Transcriber(s) Julie Boeten Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Ilse De Vos, Julie Boeten
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