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Occurrence 20867
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	ἄνω \| φέρων σε τῷ τρό\|πῳ πρὸς τῷ χρόν(ω): \|
	κάτω γράφει σοι τὴν ἀνωτάτω βάσιν: \|
	τὸν οὖν ι(ησοὺ)ν τυποῖ σοι καὶ βλέπε:
	μετροχρο\|νὼν τὰ βάθρα τούτα εὐστόχως:
	ὥς φη(σι) \| παῦλος αὐτὸν ἡλαττωμένον: \|\|
	Καὶ τοῦ πάθους ἔπαθλον εὑρόντα κράτος: \|
	ὁτ' ἂν γίνη γὰρ εἰς ταπείνωσιν ἄκραν: \|
	τότε πρὸς ὕψος οὐ(ρα)νοῦ καταδράμης.:~

Type(s)	[4437] Ἄνω φέρων σε τῷ τρόπῳ πρὸς τῷ χρόνῳ (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	01/09/1258-31/08/1259
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana D 58 sup. [01/09/1258-31/08/1259]
Place in Manuscript	f. 2r-2v
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram follows a scholion and precedes a vita of Iohannes Klimax.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Comment	The third verse lacks a syllable.
Bibliography	Primary E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 1), Milan: 269 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 89-91 Secondary S. Lucà 2025, Un ignoto frammento del De lege spirituali di Marco Monaco (Athos, Protatou 38, ff. 1r-2v), con una nota sulla fortuna dei suoi scritti nella Calabria bizantina, in Corolla Byzantina. Studi in onore di Carmelo Crimi, Spoleto, 151-206: 174 n. 88
Number of verses	8
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Ilse De Vos, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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