Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2435
(formerly typ/507)

	Ὀρφεὺς Θεοῦ σύ, τὴν σοφὴν κρότει λύραν
	Ἰωάννην, ὦ Παῦλε, τὸ χρυσῦν στόμα
	ἕλκουσαν πᾶσαν τὴν λιθότροπον φύσιν
	εἰς Χριστὸν ἀκρόγωνον ἀρραγῆ λίθον.
	Θεόκτιστος χάραξε ἐν πολλῷ δέος.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 458-459
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Image-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Chrysostom (saint) Music Orpheus Paul (apostle, saint) Theoktistos (13th c.)
Tag(s)	Description of an image Miniature Praise of the author Spiritual value of the book
Translation(s)	Orpheus Gottes du, schlage die weise Lyra Ioannes, o Paulus, den goldenen Mund, (die Lyra), welche die ganze Natur von steinernem Schlag zu Christus hinzieht, dem unzerbrechlichen Eckstein. Theoktistos schrieb (dies) in großer Furcht. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 458
Bibliography	Primary C. Giannelli, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1485-1683 (vol. 5), Vatican City: 349
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[17909] ὀρφεὺς θ(εο)ύ σὺ, τήν σοφὴν κρότει λύραν [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1640 [11th c.] (f. 1v) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Lotte van Olmen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, VAT78 Vassis ICB 2005, 547: "In imaginem ss. Pauli et Ioann. Chrysostomi"
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Last modified: 2021-09-03.