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Type 2029
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	Ὁ παρθένος τί; Τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω
	λιπών, τεκόντα τὸν Θεὸν κτᾶται μόνον.
	Ὡς παρθένος γάρ, πρὸς τὸν ἐκ τῆς Παρθένου
	καλοῦντα Χριστόν, οἷα συγγενὴς τρέχει.
	Ἐντεῦθεν εἰς τὸ στῆθος Αὐτοῦ γνησίως
	πεσών, ἐκεῖθεν τὴν ἄβυσσον λαμβάνει
	τῆς γνώσεως καὶ πάντα πλουτεῖ τὸν κόσμον,
	μυστηρίων ἄγνωστα καὶ τοῖς ἀγγέλοις.
	Θεηγόρος τέταρτος οὖν Ἰωάννης
	Εὐαγγελιστής, ἀλλʹ ἐν ὕψει δογμάτων
	πρῶτος, μέγιστος, ἄκρος, ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος.

Title(s)	Στίχοι εἰς τὸν εὐαγγελιστὴν Ἰωάννην / Στίχοι εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Ἰωάννην τὸν Εὐαγγελιστήν.
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Niketas David Paphlagon
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Spiritual value of the book
Critical Notes	v. 1 τί] τὲ (Hörandner 2000: 80) This would imply the poem was not an isolated case, but a part of a cycle of four epigrams in honour of the evangelists. v. 4 καλοῦντα] Λαλοῦντα (Ioannidis 1864b: 146) v. 10 εὐαγγελιστὴς] Εὐαγγελισταῖς (Ioannidis 1864b: 146)
Comment	Papadopoulos-Kerameus (1897: 206): "Στίχοι εἰς τὸν εὐαγγελιστὴν Ἰωάννην" Hörander (2000: 80): An epigram of Niketas David Paphlagon in honour of St John the Evangelist, who recieves the epithet παρθένος.
Bibliography	Primary M. Lauxtermann, 2019, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 2), Vienna: 278 Bibliography category to be determined C. Castellani, 1895, Catalogus codicum graecorum qui in bibliothecam D. Marci Venetiarum inde ab Anno MDCCXL ad haec usque tempora inlati sunt, Venice: 4 S. Eustratiades, Spyridon Lauriotes, 1925, Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts in the Library of the Laura on Mount Athos, Cambridge: 3-4 W. Hörandner 2000, Randbemerkungen zum Thema Epigramme und Kunstwerke, in C. Scholz, G. Makris (eds.), Polypleuros Nous. Miscellanea für Peter Schreiner zu seinem 60. Geburtstag, München, 69-82: 80 E. Ioannidis 1864, Βιβλιογραφία. Περὶ τινῶν Εὐαγγελίων ἐπὶ μεμβράνης, Ὁ ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει Ἑλληνικὸς Φιλολογικὸς Σύλλογος, 2, 141-148: 146 A. Kominis 1951, Συναγωγὴ ἐπιγραμμάτων εἰς τοὺς τέσσαρας Εὐαγγελιστάς, Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (EEBS), 21, 254-279: 275 F. Koukoules 1931, Τὸ κιόνιον τοῦ Νεοφύτου, Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (EEBS), 8, 148-156: 27 F. Lebrun, 1997, Nicétas le Paphlagonien: sept homélies inédites, Leuven: 31 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 59-60 P. Sotiroudis, 1998, Ἱερὰ Μονὴ Ἰβήρων. Κατάλογος ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων. 1-100 (vol. 1), Athos: 104 C. Stornajolo, 1895, Codices Urbinates Graeci, Rome: 7 H. von Soden, 1902, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Untersuchungen. Die Textzeuge (vol. 1.1), Berlin: 381 C. von Tischendorf, 1855, Anecdota sacra et profana, Leipzig: 27 display 9 more references (12 in total) hide 9 references (12 in total)
Number of verses	11
Occurrence(s)	[32987] Ἡ παρθένος τί τὸν τεκόντα \| τὸν κάτω [31/05/1430] ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan Library 30 [31/05/1430] (f. 305v-306r) (11 verses) [25756] ὁ παρθένο(ς) τί τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [1292] ATHENS - Byzantino kai Christianiko Mouseio 155 (Β.Μ. 2779) [1292] (f. 152v) (11 verses) [25743] ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν \| τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [1051-1100] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 76 [1051-1100] (f. 362r) (11 verses) [23576] Ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [13th c.] ATHENS - Gennadeios Bibliotheke 1.5 [13th c.] (f. 130r) (11 verses) [20346] ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν τεκόντα τ(ὸν) κάτω [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 900 (olim 697) [13th c.] (f. 301v-302r) (11 verses) [20356] ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν \| τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 936 (olim 734) [14th c.] (f. 272v) (11 verses) [23642] Ὁ παρθένος. τί· τὸν τεκόντα \| τὸν κάτω [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 937 (olim 735) [14th c.] (f. 320v) (11 verses) [30812] ὁ παρθέν(ος) τί τ(ὸν) τεκόντα τ(ὸν) κάτω [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Hagiou Panteleemonos 770 [14th c.] (f. 117r) (11 verses) [18200] Ὁ παρθένος τί τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [11th c.] ATHOS - Mone Iberon 56 [11th c.] (f. 142(bis)r) (11 verses) [17142] Ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [11th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Α 22 (Eustratiades 22) [11th c.] (f. 262v-263r) (11 verses) [24993] Ὁ παρθένο(ς) τί; τ(ὸν) τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [15th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Ω 16 (Eustratiades 1826) [15th c.] (f. 96r) (11 verses) [20779] Ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν \| τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [1051-1100] BALTIMORE - Walters Art Museum W 532 [1051-1100] (f. 302r) (11 verses) [25672] ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [11th-12th c.] DUBLIN - Chester Beatty Library - W. 135 [11th-12th c.] (f. 213r) (8 verses) [26600] Ὁ παρθένος τί τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [13th c.] IZMIR - Euaggelike Schole Γ-02 [13th c.] ((unsure) f. 164r) (11 verses) [20557] ὁ παρθένο(ς) τί· τὸν τεκόντ(α) τὸν κάτ(ω) [11th c.] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghiou Taphou 28 [11th c.] (f. 165v) (11 verses) [20773] Ὁ παρθένος τί. τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [12th c.] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Timiou Staurou 104 [12th c.] (f. 264v) (11 verses) [30765] Ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [12th c.] KALAVRYTA - Mone Megalon Spelaion 3 [12th c.] (f. 237r) (11 verses) [25658] Ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν τεκόντα \| τὸν κάτω [10th c.] LEIPZIG - Universitätsbibliothek - gr. 6 [10th c.] (f. 279r-279v) (11 verses) [23678] Ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν τεκόντα τὸν \| κάτω [12th-13th c.] LONDON - British Library - Egerton 2783 [12th-13th c.] (f. 263r-263v) (11 verses) [25840] ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [11th c.] ORLANDO - The Holy Land Experience, The Scriptorium - Van Kampen 905 [11th c.] (f. 241v) (11 verses) [24655] ὁ παρθένος τί·\| τὸν τεκόντα \| τὸν κάτω [11th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 21 [11th c.] (f. 276v) (11 verses) [26324] ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 85 [12th c.] (f. 185v-186r) (11 verses) [21626] Ὁ παρθένος τί τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [13th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 94 [13th c.] (f. 159r) (11 verses) [21648] Ὁ παρθένος τί. τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [10th-11th c.] PRAGUE - Národní Knihovna (Universitni Knihovna) XXV B7 [10th-11th c.] (f. 299v) (11 verses) [21687] παρθένος τί τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [1176-1200] PRINCETON - University Library - Garrett 4 [1276-1300] (f. 140r) (11 verses) [23725] Ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν τεκόντ(α) τὸν κάτω [11th c.] SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Nacional'naja biblioteka (RNB) - Ф. № 906 (Gr.) Gr. 101, I (Granstrem 349) [11th c.] (f. 117r-117v) (11 verses) [23737] Ὁ παρθ(έ)νος τί· τὸν τεκόντα \| τὸν κάτω [951-1050] SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Nacional'naja biblioteka (RNB) - Ф. № 906 (Gr.) Gr. 220 (Granstrem 147 et 251) [926-1025] (f. 168r) (11 verses) [23864] ὁ παρθ(έ)νο(ς) τί τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [12th c.] SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Nacional'naja biblioteka (RNB) - Ф. № 906 (Gr.) Gr. 511 (Granstrem 355) [12th c.] (f. 184r) (11 verses) [25662] παρθ(έ)νο(ς) τί, τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κά \| κάτω [12th-13th c.] UPPSALA - Universitetsbiblioteket - gr. 12 [12th-13th c.] (f. 126v) (11 verses) [17674] Παρθένος τί, τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 229 [14th c.] (f. 197r) (11 verses) [19067] Ὁ παρθένος, τί· τὸν τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [12th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 2 [1122-1142] (f. 259r) (11 verses) [25753] ὁ παρθένος τί· τὸν \| τεκόντα τὸν κάτω [1076-1100] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 358 [1076-1100] (f. 275v) (11 verses) [22373] ὁ παρθένος τί. τὸν τεκόντ(α) τὸν κάτω [12th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. I 3 [12th c.] (f. 240r) (11 verses) display 30 more occurrences (33 in total) hide 30 occurrences (33 in total)
Related type(s)	[1883] Βροντῆς τὸν υἱὸν τίς βροτῶν μὴ θαυμάσῃ (5 verses) (Same cycle)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Ilse De Vos, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout 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) , 15823 Vassis ICB 2005, 536: "Nicetas David Paphlago, In Ioannem evang."
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