| Type(s) | [2588] Βάσις ἄριστος Βασίλειε ὡς πέλων (8 verses) |
| Text source | DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript) |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Date | 01/09/1012-31/08/1013 |
| Manuscript | VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. Pio II 21 [01/09/1012-31/08/1013] |
| Place in Manuscript | f. 48v |
| Person(s) | |
| Palaeographical information | The epigram is written in the same minuscule used by the scribe Konstantinos for the parts of the main text he transcribed (i.e. fols. 1r-67v, 76v-77v, 81r-153v). The initial letters that form the two acrostics are written in majuscule. Moreover, some of the letters of the epigram are coloured in red. |
| Contextual information | The epigram is followed by a prose colophon added by the scribe Konstantinos: "ἐτελειώθη ὁ βίος καὶ τὰ θαύ|ματα τοῦ ὁσίου π(ατ)ρ(ὸ)ς ἡμῶν | καὶ ἁρχιεπισκκ(ό)π(ου) βασιλείου | καισαρείας καππαδοκίας | διὰ χειρὸς κωσταντίνου | πρεσβυτέρου ἐλαχίστου | καὶ ἁμαρτωλοῦ· ἀλλ’ὡς | διὰ τὸν κ(ύριο)ν π(ατέ)ρες καὶ ἀδελ|φοὶ ἱκετεύσατ(ε) τὸν θ(εὸ)ν ὅπος | συγχωρίσει τὰς ἀμαρτίας | μου ἂς ἐποίησα ἐν τῶ βίω | τουτω τῶ ματαίω +". |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Genre(s) | Author-related epigram |
| Subject(s) | Basil the Great (330-379) (episkopos of Kaisareia < Cappadocia) |
| Comment | Τwo acrostics with the name 'ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΕ' are formed in the epigram. |
| Bibliography |
Primary |
| Number of verses | 8 |
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Last modified: 2026-03-06.
