Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23458
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	Ὁ μὲν σὸς ἀπόστολε \| σκώλωψ’ ὑπῆρχεν· \|
	Οὐ βαχχεία αἵματος \| μαργὴρ κοιλίας· \|
	Δρυμὺ ὑπὸ σφίζουσα \| ὀσφύϊν μάλα \|
	Κινούστα τε βάλανον \| σκορπίον ἄλλον \|
	Ἀλλὰ τῶν ἐχθρῶν αἱ συ\|νεχεῖς σπιλάδες \|
	Οὐ τῶν μόνον ἔξοθεν. \| μᾶλλον δ’ οἱ ἔσω \|
	Ἐμοὶ δὲ δεινῶς ἡ τῶν ἀ\|φροδησίων \|
	Μανία λυττᾶ τ(ὴν) καρδίαν \| κινοῦσα \|
	Ἆσθμα λιγυρὸν κατὰ\|κλῶσα τὰ μέλη \|
	Βδέλλης δολίας αἰμοχα\|ρεῖν ζητοῦσης \|
	Ἀλλὰ σαῖς εὐχαῖς στή\|ριξον ἐν ἁγνεία.

Type(s)	[6002] Ὁ μὲν σός, Ἁπόστολε, σκόλοψ ὑπῆρχεν (11 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	10th-11th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1971 [10th-11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 209r
Person(s)	Scribe Theophylaktos Nazeraios (10th-11th c.) - VGH: 148.B - PMBZ: 30393: "Personenkennziffer: 28238"
Palaeographical information	Written in minuscule. A long green line highlights the initials of each verse.
Contextual information	It is preceded by the epigram: inc. 'Νενευκότα με πρὸς χαρύβδην κακίας'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Paul (apostle, saint)
Bibliography	Primary D. Gassisi 1905, Poesie di S. Nilo Iuniore e di Paolo Monaco, Abbati di Grottaferrata, Oriens Christianus, 5, 26-81: 72 D. Gassisi, 1906, Poesie di San Nilo Iuniore e di Paolo monaco abbati di Grottaferrata, Rome: 53 I. Hutter, 2022, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Corpus der Italogriechischen dekorierten Handschriften der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (vol. 6.1), Stuttgart: 305
Number of verses	11
Related occurrence(s)	[23461] ὁ μὲν σὸς ἀπόστολε, σκώλωψ ὑπῆρχεν [1101-1125] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Τ.III.12 [1101-1125] (f. 193r) (11 verses) (11/11)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki, Eleonora Lauro Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, 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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