| + ἀρχὴν νό|μ(...) εἶναι θ(εό)ν· | | |
| βέβαιον οὐδὲν ἐν β(...) | | |
| γονεῖς τιμῶν μάλιστα τὸν θ(εὸ)ν (...) | | |
| δίδασκε σαυτον μη λαλεῖν ἁ μὴ θέμις· | | |
| ἔργοις δ’ ἀρέσκειν σπεῦδε κ(αὶ) λόγοις θ(ε)ω· | | |
| ζωὴν πόθησον τὴν ἔχουσαν μὴ τέλος· | | |
| ἡττῶν σεαυτὸν τοῖς φίλοις νικῶν ἔση· | | |
| θνητὸς δ’ (...)πάρχων μὴδ' ὅλως μέγα φρόνει· | | |
| ἰχνηλάτει μὲν τῶν σοφῶν ἀεὶ θύρας· | | |
| καὶ νοῦν δὲ καλλώπιζε τῆς μορφῆς πλέον· | | |
| λόγω θ(εο)ῦ ἀνοιγε σὸν τέκνον στόμα· | | |
| μνήμης δὲ αὐτοῦ μηδαμῶ(ς) λάθη ποτέ· | | |
| νηφων προσευχου τῶ θ(ε)ῶ καθ’ ἡμέραν· | | |
| ξένους ξένιζε μὴ ξένος γένη θ(εο)ῦ· | | |
| ὁρμὰς χαλίνου τῶν παθῶν ψυχοφθόρους· | | |
| πέδαις το σῶμα ἀσφαλίζου σωφρόνως· | | |
| ῥάβδον σεαυτῶ την συνείδησιν φέρε· | | |
| σοφῶς σχόλαζε ἐν γραφαῖς ταις ενθέοις· | | |
| τὰς τῶν πενήτων ψυχαγώγησον λύπας· | | |
| ὑπὲρ σεαυτὸν τους πέλας κα|λῶς θέλε· | |
| φιλους ἐ|χειν σπούδαζε ἠ πλοῦτον | πολύν· | |
| χρυσοῦ γὰρ αὐτοὶ | εὐκλεέστεροι λίαν· | |
| ψεῦδος | μίσησον την δ’ ἀλήθ(...) | | |
| (...)ων ταυ|τα σωζη· | ἐνθ(...)|ως· ∙:∙ |
| Type(s) | [7212] Ἀρχὴν νόμιζε τῶν ὅλων εἶναι Θεόν (24 verses) |
| Text source | DBBE |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Date | 941 |
| Manuscript | PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 33 [941] |
| Place in Manuscript | f. 3r |
| Palaeographical information | Written in konstantinopolitanische Auszeichnungsmajuskel. Some faded passages were rewritten by a later hand. |
| Contextual information | The epigram is written inside a richly illuminated oval frame with ten little apses, decorated with many palmettes. In the upper corners two birds are depicted, in the lower corners two griffins. |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Genre(s) | Reader-related epigram |
| Image source(s) | Rhoby (2018: 786) |
| Bibliography |
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| Number of verses | 24 |
| Acknowledgements |
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Last modified: 2021-09-13.
