Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23987
(formerly occ/7940)

	ἕτεροι στίχοι του θεοφιλεστάτου κυρ(οῦ) θεοφι-\|λάκτου τοῦ βουλγαρι(ας)· γραφέντ(ες) κατὰ τὸ ,ςχλδ' ἔτο(ς):-

	βεσελεὴλ μὲν ἀρχιτέκτων ἦν πάλαι·
	σκηνῆς ἐκείνης τῶ μωσεῖ τυπου\|μένης·
	τὸ πν(εῦμ)α πάντως ἀρχιτεκτο\|νοῦν ἔχων·
	σύ δ’ ὦ θεωρὲ τοῖς νόοις \| νοουμένων;
	σκηνὴν διασχὼν τὴν \| κάτω τὰ τῆς ἄνω;
	σαφῶς διετρά\|νωσας ὢ ξένου λόγου·
	πῶς φθαρτὸ(ς) \| ἦσθα καὶ Θ(ε)ῶ συνῆς ὅλος·
	ὀφθεὶς \| πυραυγὴς τοῦ κλιβάνου τὸν τρόπον
	λάμποντος ἄκρως ἐκ πυρὸς μετουσί(ας)
	ὕλης καείσης· τοῦτο σὸς λόγος π(άτ)ερ·\|\|
	δόξα τῶ Θ(ε)ῶ πάντων ἕνεκα ἀμήν:-

Type(s)	[6208] Βεσελεὴλ μὲν ἀρχιτέκτων ἦν πάλαι (11 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 103 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 16r-16v
Contextual information	This is the second of two epigrams that follow the title on f. 16r. They are written in continuous prose text, without any clear distinction between the two epigrams (cf. Kambylis 1968: 23). Incipit of the first epigram: 'Ἐχρῆν προκεῖσθαι πᾶσι τήνδε τὴν βί\|βλον'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Symeon the Theologian (949-1022) - PMBZ: 29643: "Personenkennziffer: 27488"
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10538906t/f39.item https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10538906t/f40.item
Bibliography	Primary A. Kambylis 1968, Eine Handschrift des Mystikers Symeon (cod. Paris, BNF, suppl. gr. 103), Scriptorium, 22, 20-34: 23 A. Kambylis, 1976, Symeon Neos Theologos, Hymnen, Berlin: 32 S. Mercati 1970, Poesie di Teofilatto di Bulgaria, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 1), Bari, 348-372: 363 Secondary C. Astruc, C. Belon, M. Concasty, C. Förstel, 2003, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs. Supplément grec numéros 1 à 150, Paris: 229
Number of verses	11
Related occurrence(s)	[25714] δόξα τῶ θ(ε)ῶ πάντων ἕνεκα· ἀμήν [1051-1150] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Α 52 (Eustratiades 52) [1051-1150] (f. 221v) (1 verse) (1/11)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande Contributor(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
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