| παρα|βο|λαἰ: | |
| Εἰ δ’ ἄγε (καὶ) σκοτίων αἰνίγματα δέρκεο μύθων· | |
| οἷκον ἐπὶ ψάμμου κείμενον ἀδρανέος· || | |
| καὶ σπόρον ὡς ἐπὶ γαῖαν ὁμοίϊος ἧλθεν ἄνισος· | |
| (καὶ) σπόρον ᾧ ῥα καλῷ, σπέρματα ἐχθρὰ μίγη· | |
| (καὶ) δένδρον ὀλίγον νάπυος σπόρ(ον)· εἶτ’ ἐν ἀλεύρῳ | |
| ζύμην κρυπτομένην· ὤνιον ἀγρὸν ἔτι· | |
| θησαυροῖο χάριν (καὶ) μαργαρίτην πολύτιμον· | |
| ἔμπορος ὃν πάντων, ἐπρίατο κτεάνων· | |
| (καὶ) νεπόδων ἕλκουσαν ἅπαν γένος ἐξ ἁλὸς ἄρκυν· | |
| αἰρόμενον τ’ ὤμοις πλαζόμενον πρόβατον· | |
| (καὶ) πικρῷ θεράποντι χρέους πέρι, πικρ(ὸν) ἄνακτα· | |
| (καὶ) πρώτοις πυμάτους μισθὸν ἔχοντας ἶσον· | |
| πεμπομενους θ’ υἱῆας ἐς ἄμπελον οὐδ(ὲν) ὁμοίους· | |
| καὶ τοὺς, κληρονόμον ὠσαμένους θανάτῳ· | |
| (καὶ) σχεδίους νυμφῶνι φίλην πλήσαντας ἑορτ(ήν)· | |
| ἔνθεν ἀκοιμήτους ἐν δαΐδεσσι κόρας· | |
| (καὶ) κύριον δούλοισι, νέμοντ’ οὐκ ἷσα τάλαντα· | |
| ἔμπαλιν αὗ προβάτοις ἱσταμένους ἐρίφους: + |
| Type(s) | [6812] Εἰ δ’ ἄγε, καὶ σκοτίων αἰνίγματα δέρκεο μύθων (18 verses) |
| Text source | DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript) |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Date | 14th c. |
| Manuscript | ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan Library 24 [1291-1325] |
| Place in Manuscript | f. 5v-6r |
| Contextual information | The epigram, along with other poems, precedes the Gospel of Matthew. |
| Metre(s) | Elegiacs |
| Genre(s) | Text-related epigram |
| Subject(s) | Matthew (evangelist, saint) (1st c.) |
| Comment | Each line of the poem is preceded by a paraphrasis in prose, written in red ink. |
| Image source(s) | http://www.csntm.org/Manuscript/View/GA_536 |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 18 |
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Last modified: 2021-03-09.
