Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3207
(formerly typ/1339)

	Ῥητρεύσεών σου ὡς ἔφης τὰς ἐκφράσεις˙
	Χωλὰς τὸ πῶς νοοῦντες εἰπεῖν οὐκ ἔχω˙
	Ἠμείψαμέν που ἢ κεκόψαμεν πάλιν˙
	Ἀλλʹ ὡς πατὴρ σύγγνωθι φιλτάτοις τέκνοις˙
	Θαρρεῖν γάρ ἐστιν οὐ κακίζειν τοῦτό σε.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Praise of the author
Comment	This is a shorter version of the epigram inc. 'Πεπείραμαι κυροῦν, ἐν βραχέσι πλεῖστα'.
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined C. Van de Vorst 1906, Die griechischen Handschriften der Bibliotheca Rossiana, Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen, 23, 492-508, 537-550: 498
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[31974] ῥητρεύσεών σου ὡς ἔφης τὰς ἐκφράσεις [958] ATHOS - Mone Karakallou 29 (143) [958] (f. 3v) (5 verses) [23211] ρητρευσεων σου ὡς ἔφης τὰς ἐκφράσεις [1059] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 263 [1059] (f. 4v) (5 verses) [17175] Ῥητρεύσεών σου ὡς ἔφης τὰς ἐκ\|φράσεις [11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Ross. 251 (olim VIII.190) [1026-1075] (f. 12v) (5 verses)
Related type(s)	[2051] Πεπείραμαι κυροῦν, ἐν βραχέσι πλεῖστα (7 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 661: "In vitam s. Ioannis Climaci"
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Last modified: 2019-08-02.