Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4163
(formerly typ/2259)

	Αὕτη κλῖμαξ πέφυκεν οὐρανοδρόμος∙
	κλῖμαξ ἐφ' ἣν χωροῦσιν οἱ θεῖοι νόες,
	ἣν ὡς λίθους ἢγειρας ἐν στερροῖς λόγοις.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 93-94
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Heavenly Ladder John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Critical Notes	3 λίθους Rhoby ] λίθοις Ricceri & Meesters, mss.
Translation(s)	which you erected with words solid as stones. Language English Source(s) R. Ricceri, R. Meesters 2022, A Metrical Colophon on John Klimax's Ladder of Divine Ascent, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1399-1407: 1405 Comment Partial translation: v. 3 Diese Leiter führt zum Himmel; eine Leiter, welche die göttlichen Geister besteigen, (und) die du wie Steine in harten Worten errichtet hast. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 94
Bibliography	Primary K. Hajdú, 2003, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München. Codices graeci Monacenses 110–180 (vol. 3), Wiesbaden: 49 R. Ricceri, R. Meesters 2022, A Metrical Colophon on John Klimax's Ladder of Divine Ascent, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1399-1407: 1405
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[20288] Αὕτη κλίμαξ πέφυκεν οὐρανοδρόμος [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 348 [13th c.] ((gen.) Eustratiades (1924: 69): 'Ἐν τέλει'.) (3 verses) [21992] Αὕτη κλί\|μαξ πέ\|φυκεν οὐρανοδρόμο(ς) [1301-1350] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 114 [1301-1350] (f. 182v) (3 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	BEiÜ IV, ÄG16 Vassis ICB 2005, 90: "In Ioann. Climaci Scalam Paradisi"
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