Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25674
(formerly occ/9706)

	Τὸ τετραπλοῦν σύνταγμα τῶν χ(ριστο)ῦ λόγων;
	τέτρωρον ὥσπερ ἅρμα συ ζεύξας ἅμα;
	διφρηλάτην ἄλλον σε καινὸν ἠλίαν; \|\|
	ποθῶ κατιδεῖν ἐνθέως ἐπηρμένον.
	εἰ γὰρ ἐπιβῆς δεξιὼς τῆς ἁψίδος,
	καὶ τὰς νοητὰς ἡνίας ἀναλάβης
	τοὺς πρακτικοὺς ἵππους τε καλ(ῶς) δαμάσ(εις);
	νύσσαν πρὸς οὐ(ρά)νιον ἰθύνων τρέχειν:-
	(καὶ) σὺ φανήση, καλὸς ἡνιοστρόφος,
	παύων ἐκεῖσε τὸν δρόμον σὺν ήλία:
	πλὴν ὡς ἐκεῖνος. ἀλλὰ καὶ σύ μοι χάριν:
	κἂν οὐχὶ διπλὴν, ἀλλ' ἀπλὴν εὐχὴν δίδου:
	ὅστις ἂν ἦσθα ξεῖναι τῶ γεγραφότι:

Type(s)	[6849] Τὸ τετραπλοῦν σύνταγμα τῶν Χριστοῦ λόγων (13 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	12th-13th c.
Manuscript	UPPSALA - Universitetsbiblioteket - gr. 12 [12th-13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 167v-168r
Palaeographical information	Initial letter in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of the Gospel of John.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Elijah (prophet) Four Evangelists Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Image source(s)	https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/100012
Number of verses	13
Related occurrence(s)	[30034] τὸ τετραπλοῦν σύνταγμα τῶν χ(ριστο)ῦ λόγω(ν) [14th c.] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 71 [14th c.] (f. 202r) (13 verses) (13/13) [25675] τὸ τετραπλοῦν σύνταγμα τῶν χ(ριστο)ῦ λόγων [13th c.] ATHENS - Mouseio Benaki - Τ. Α. 320 [13th c.] (f. 216v) (15 verses) (12/13) [20308] τὸ τετραπλοῦν σύνταγμα τῶν χ(ριστο)ῦ λόγων [13th-14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Pantokratoros 34 [13th-14th c.] (f. 250v) (15 verses) (12/13) [25677] Τὸ τετραπλοῦν σύνταγμα τῶν χ(ριστο)ῦ λόγων [12th c.] ATHOS - Mone Philotheou 48 [12th c.] (f. 172v) (13 verses) (13/13) [25673] Τὸ τετραπλοῦν σύνταγμα τῶν χ(ριστο)ῦ λόγων [12th c.] LONDON - British Library - Add. 39594 [12th c.] (f. 209v) (13 verses) (13/13)
Acknowledgements	Information on the occurrence courtesy of Barbara Crostini. Creator(s) Rachele Ricceri Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
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