Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19838
(formerly occ/3420)

Ἕτεροι εἰς τὴν αὐτ(ὴν) βίβλον:·
 
Κλίμαξ προμήκ(ης) καθορᾶτ(αι) μοι ξένη·
Ἐκ γῆς πρὸ(ς) ὕψος ἀδύτ(ων) οὐ(ρα)νίων,
Βροτ(οὺς) φέρουσα· κ(αὶ) τίς ἡ κλίμαξ λέγε·
Οὐκ ἀσφαλὴς ἡ πεῦσ(ις). ἀλλ’ ἔτι διασάφει·
Μή γαρ κλίμακα τ(ὴν) ἰακώβ μοι λέγεις,
Τὴν κ(α)τάγουσ(αν) ἀγγέλ(ους) οὐ(ραν)όθεν,
Βροτ(ῶν) παλαιστὰς τ(ῆς) χοϊκῆς οὐσίας·,
Οὔκουν ἐκείν(ην) ἥν δ’ ἀνιστᾶ τεχνίτ(ης),
Ἐκ τῆς καθ’ ἕξιν μυστικῆς λεπτουργίας,
Τῶ τῆς ἐπιστήμ(ης) τε καθηδρασμ(έν)ω,
Εἰς ἀκρότητα τῆς τεχνουργί(ας) φθάσ(ας)·
Ἧς τὴν κεφαλ(ὴν) ἑδράσ(ας) μέχρι πόλου.
Πηξάμ(εν)ός τε τὰς βάσ(εις) πανευστόχως,
Βάσιμ(ον) αὐτ(ὴν) τ(οῖς) βροτ(οῖς) σχεδιάσ(ας),
Τὴν ἀνάβασιν εὐχερῆ προδεικνύει:·
Type(s) [3867] Κλίμαξ προμήκης καθορᾶται μοι ξένη (15 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 1376-1400
Manuscript OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Barocci 141 [1326-1350]
Place in Manuscript f. 247r
Palaeographical information Initials of each line in red ink.
Written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)
Subject(s)
Image source(s) https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/inquire/p/1c89652e-8261-457e-b4ca-1cce18f51078
Bibliography

Primary

Secondary

I. Hutter, 1982, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Oxford Bodleian Library III. Textband (vol. 3.1), Stuttgart: 236
Number of verses 15
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Renaat Meesters
Transcriber(s)
Maria Tomadaki
Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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