Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17222
(formerly occ/357)

+ παῦλος ὁ μύ<σ>της τῶν ἀπορρήτων | λόγων:~

Type(s)	[5188] Παῦλος ὁ μύστης τῶν ἀπορρήτων λόγων (1 verse)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 224 [10th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 6v
Contextual information	The text accompanies a miniature depicting Saint Paul sitting on a throne and writing his Epistle(s). The image is surrounded by a decorated frame in which another epigram is written, inc. 'Ψυχὴ Νέρωνος ἡ τυραννικωτάτη'. On the next folio, there is an image of Saint John Chrysostom sitting on a throne and Theodoretos and Oecumenios attending him.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Image-related epigram
Subject(s)	Paul (apostle, saint)
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10515748z/f20.image
Bibliography	Primary H. Omont, 1929, Miniatures des plus anciens manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale du VIe au XIVe Siècle, Paris: 49 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 130-131 K. Staab, 1926, Die Pauluskatenen nach den handschriftlichen Quellen untersucht, Rome: 117
Number of verses	1
Related occurrence(s)	[18998] παῦλος ὁ μύστης τῶν ἀπορρήτων λόγων [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 217 [12th c.] (f. 21v) (1 verse) (1/1) [21990] παῦλος ὁ μύστ(ης) τῶν ἀπορρήτ(ων) λόγων [11th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 34 (coll. 349) [11th c.] (f. 5r) (3 verses) (1/1)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Delphine Nachtergaele, Renaat Meesters
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