Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21448
(formerly occ/5266)

	Εὐλαβέστατε ἐν ἱερεῦσιν, ὄντως
	Κῦρ Θεόδωρε, φίλε, ἠγαπημένε,
	Λάβε τὴν σαυτοῦ βίβλον τὴν θαυμασίαν,
	Ἥτις ἐστὶ τιμιωτέρα λίθων,
	Λίθων διαυγῶν, μαργάρων πολυτίμων.
	Βάθος γὰρ ἔχει σοφίαν κεκρυμμένην.
	Πλοῦτον γνώσεως, μυστήρια μεγάλα.
	Διὸ τοῖς πολλοῖς ἀμύητος τυγχάνει.
	Ἡμεῖς δ' αὐτῆς τρυφήσαντες ἐκ μέρους,
	Χάριν σοι ὀφείλομεν τῷ δεδωκότι ταύτην.
	Εῤῥωσο, ὑγίαινε μετα τῶν σῶν ἁπάντων.
	Θεοδώρῳ Ιωάσαφ ἐλάχιστος.

Type(s)	[4849] Εὐλαβέστατε ἐν ἱερεῦσιν, ὄντως (12 verses)
Text source	B. De Montfaucon, 1715, Bibliotheca Coisliniana, olim Segueriana, Paris: 263-264
Text status	Text completely known
Date	13th-15th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 202bis [11th-13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	(gen.) at the end of the manuscript
Person(s)	Scribe Ioasaph (13th-15th c.) - VGH: 217.B - PLP: IV.8876
Palaeographical information	Written by a later hand, the manuscript dates to the 12th century.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Ioasaph (13th-15th c.) - VGH: 217.B - PLP: IV.8876 Theodoros (13th-15th c.) - VGH: 217.B - PLP: IV.7447
Comment	Devreesse (1945: 181): 'De douze vers d'âge plus récent transcrits à la fin de l'ouvrage, mais aujourd'hui disparus (...), on apprend que notre manuscrit fut prêté au moine Josaphat (...) par le prêtre Théodore'.
Bibliography	Secondary R. Devreesse, 1945, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des manuscripts. Catalogue des manuscripts grecs. Le fonds Coislin (vol. 2), Paris: 181
Number of verses	11
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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