Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18178
(formerly occ/1497)

+ ἔσφυζον· εἶχον ἄσχετον πάλαι πόθον·
οὓς πλάστα πάντων οὐχ ὅλη χωρεῖ κτίσ(ις)·
λόγ(ους) χαράξαι σ(οὺς) διαυγεῖ πτυκτίῳ
ἔχ(ειν) τε τούτ(ους) φῶς πνοὴν. βίου κλέος·
ἔληξα τοῦ πόθου (δὲ) νῦν, κατ᾽ ἀξίαν·
ἔντοσθ(εν) ἐκτὸ(ς)· πανταχοῦ καλλωπίσ(ας)·
(καὶ) τοῦτο προστέθεικα τῇ τεχνουργίᾳ·
ἀλλ᾽ ὦ βλύσ(ας) ἄβυσσον ἐκ τετραστόμου
κρήν(ης) μαθητ(ῶν) πᾶσαν ἄρδουσα φρένα·
ψυχ(ὴν) ἐμ(ὴν) ἄνικμον ἐν καιρῷ δίκης·
εἴης ποτίζων καιν(ὸν) ἄμβροτ(ον) πόμα·
ὃ σοὺς μαθητὰς εἶπ(ας) ἐκπίν(ειν) τότε·
Type(s) [2626] Ἔσφυζον, εἶχον ἄσχετον πάλαι πόθον (17 verses)
Text source DBBE
Text status Text completely known
Date 1276-1325
Manuscript ATHOS - Mone Iberon 29 [1276-1325]
Place in Manuscript f. 160v
Person(s)
Scribe
Nikodemos (13th-14th c.) - VGH: 344.I - PLP: VIII.20346
Contextual information The epigram is written at the end of John's Gospel.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s) http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=57&left=7&top=-58&site=INTF&image=30997/0/3240/10/1837
Bibliography

Primary
Number of verses 12
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'.

Creator(s)
Delphine Nachtergaele
Transcriber(s)
Rachele Ricceri
Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri
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