Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 37326

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	ἀστὴρ φαεινὸς, ἐδείχθης ἐν τοῖς πέρασι· \|
	τὴν βίβλον τὴν σὴν, ἀνάγουσαν ὡς κλήμακ(α)· \|
	τοὺς ἀν(θρώπ)ους πείθουσαν,
	τῶν ἀγγέλων τὸν βίον \| μετέρχεσθαι,
	ἰω(άνν)η πατὴρ ἡμῶν·
	ἀλλὰ πρέσβευ(ων) \| χ(ριστ)ῶ τῶ θ(ε)ῶ
	μὴ παύση ὑπὲρ πάντ(ων) ἡμῶν:

Type(s)	[5570] Ἀστὴρ φαεινὸς ἐδείχθης ἐν τοῖς πέρασι (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th-16th c.
Manuscript	VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 207 [1351-1400]
Place in Manuscript	f. 138v
Contextual information	The epigram occurs two times more (once partially, once completely) on the same folio.
Metre(s)	Hymnography
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Heavenly Ladder Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Image source(s)	http://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_3112996
Bibliography	Secondary R. Meesters 2025, Picturing a Ladder. A Critical Edition of Hierotheos the Monk’s Metrical Preface to Klimax, of a Metrical Summary of the 'Ladder' and of a Kontakion on Klimax, in P. Van Deun, M. Venetskov (eds.), The Ladder of Divine Ascent by John of Sinai (Climacus). New Perspectives, Leuven / Paris / Bristol, 87-113: 110
Number of verses	7
Related occurrence(s)	[22808] Ἀστὴρ φαεινὸς, ἐδείχθης ἐν τοῖς πέρασι [1391-1500] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 207 [1351-1400] (f. 138v) (7 verses) (7/7) [37325] αστὴρ φαεινὸς ἐδείχθης \| εν τοις περασι [15th-16th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 207 [1351-1400] (f. 138v) (2 verses) (2/7)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Transcriber(s) 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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