Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2528
(formerly typ/616)

	Ὅστις βούλεται τὸ φῶς ἐκεῖνο βλέψαι,
	Ὀφείλει ταῦτα φυλάττειν ἐν καρδίᾳ·
	Παθῶν σαρκικῶν καὶ λογισμῶν ἀρχείων,
	Ὄρκου τε παντός, θυμοῦ καὶ τραχῆς δέ,
	Καὶ περισπασμοῦ καὶ τῆς μνησικακίας,
	Καὶ τοῦ μὴ κρῖναι τὸ σύνοχον ἀνθρώπους,
	Εἶναι δὲ αὐτὸν λογικὸν καὶ τοὺς φρένας,
	Καθαρόν τε τῶν σαρκικῶν μολυσμάτων,
	Πρᾶον, ταπεινόν, ἡσύχιον ὑπάρχειν,
	Ἐξαγγελτικὸν καὶ τῆς εἰρήνης τέκνον,
	Ἐγκρατῆ εἶναι βρωμάτων καὶ πομάτων,
	Καὶ τῇ προσευχῇ σχολάζειν ἀνενδότως,
	Ἐν πᾶσι τούτοις, ἀρχὴν καὶ τέλος ἔχειν,
	Τὸ κεφάλαιον ἀρετῶν, τὴν ἀγάπην.

Text source	J. Pitra, 1868, Iuris ecclesiastici Graecorum historia et monumenta (vol. 2), Rome: 170
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Chrysostom (saint)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Address to the reader
Comment	Text of Pitra (1868: 170) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary H. Coxe, 1969, The collection of the Abate Matteo Luigi Canonici, Oxford: 19 P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1927, Codices Graeci Chisiani et Borgiani, Rome: 63
Number of verses	14
Occurrence(s)	[20490] Ὅστις βούλεται τὸ φῶς ἐκεῖνο βλέψαι [15th c.] ATHOS - Mone Iberon 713 [15th c.] () (2 verses) [20004] ὅστις βούλεται τὸ φῶς ἐκεῖνο βλέψαι [1326-1375] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Canonici gr. 16 [1326-1375] (f. 87r) (14 verses) [18049] Ὅστις βούλεται τὸ φῶς ἐκεῖνο βλέψαι [1266] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Chig. R V 33 (gr. 27) [1265-1266] (f. 331r) (14 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Renaat Meesters, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Paratexts of the Bible (Pinakes) , 12654 Vassis ICB 2005, 553: "Ioann. Chrysostomus*, Versus paraenetici in methodum orationis"
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