Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17277
(formerly occ/448)

	Ἰωάννου φρόντισμα ταῦτα καὶ πόνος·
	ἀνδρὸς φυγόντος κλῆσιν ἄλλην δευτέραν·
	ὡς ἀσθενὴς γὰρ, ἀξιώματος βάρος
	ὄγκον τε δόξης, οὐχ ὑπέστη βαστάσαι·
	ἀλλ' εὐσταλὴς ἔμεινε· καὶ φόρτου δίχα·
	κοῦφος διέπλει τὴν θάλασσαν τοῦ βίου·
	καὶ τῆς προνοίας, ἐτρύφησε τὴν χάριν·
	οὐκοῦν ἄμοιρος προσθέτων ἐπωνύμων·
	τῆ κυρία κλήσει δὲ κοσμεῖται μόνῃ·
	πλὴν εἴ τις αὐτὸν ἐν θ(εο)ῦ διακόνοις,
	τάττων, ἐκεῖθεν μείζονα κλῆσιν νέμοι·
	φέρουσαν οὐδὲν εἰς διάγνωσιν πλέον·
	σὺ δ' εἰ θέλεις, τρίσσευε τὸν τοῦ κλαυδίου·
	φθόνος γὰρ οὐδεὶς πατρικῶν γνωρισμάτω(ν)·+

Type(s)	[2347] Ἰωάννου φρόντισμα ταῦτα καὶ πόνος, (14 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 676 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. Iv
Palaeographical information	Written in the so-called 'Alexandrinische Auszeichnungsmajuskel' in purple ink. The initials of the verses are highlighted in bold.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	John Mauropous (1001 - 1075-1081) - PBW: Ioannes/289/
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.676/0004
Bibliography	Primary P. de Lagarde, 1882, Iohannis Euchaitorum metropolitae quae in codice Vaticano graeco 676 supersunt, Göttingen: v R. Devreesse, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 604-866 (vol. 3), Vatican City: 130 Secondary F. Bernard, 2014, Writing and Reading Byzantine Secular Poetry 1025-1081, Oxford: 135
Number of verses	14
Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of Marina Detoraki. Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
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