Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2381
(formerly typ/457)

	Καὶ τὴν τομὴν ἔφριξα τὴν σπάθιν βλέπων
	καὶ πῦρ μαθῶν ἄσβεστος ἔγνων τὸν λίθον.
	τρέμων γὰρ ἰδὼν τὴν φλογίζουσαν χλωαν
	αλ᾽ ἔνθεν ἰδοὺ καὶ παραδίσου χλόην
	πρὸς σὴν ὁδιγῆν Μιχαὴλ πρωτοστάτης

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined S. Mercati 1970, Poesie giambiche di Niceforo Chrysoberges, metropolita di Sardi, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 1), Bari, 574-594: 582 P. Schreiner, 1988, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 867-932 (vol. 4), Vatican City: 98
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[17836] καὶ τὴν τομὴν ἔφρυξα τὴν σπάθιν βλέπων [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 904 [13th-14th c.] (f. 140v) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 385: "In Michaelem arch."
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Last modified: 2026-03-24.