Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2555
(formerly typ/735)

	Λουκᾶς ταῦτα δ᾽ ἔλεξεν, ὅς ῥα κατ᾽ ἴχνος
	πάντῃ ἀεθλεύοντι κεχαρμένος εἵπετο Παύλῳ.

Text source	P. Sotiroudis, 1998, Ἱερὰ Μονὴ Ἰβήρων. Κατάλογος ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων. 1-100 (vol. 1), Athos: 130
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter Dodecasyllable Mixture
Subject(s)	Luke (evangelist, saint) (1st c.) Paul (apostle, saint)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Comment	This epigram can also be found in the 16th-century manuscript Berol. Philipps 1566 (162).
Bibliography	Primary W. Studemund, L. Cohn, 1890, Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin. Codices ex Bibliotheca Meermanniana Philippici Graeci nunc Berolinenses (vol. 1), Berlin: 70
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[20850] Λουκᾶς ταῦτα δ᾽ ἔλεξεν· ὅς ῥα κατ᾽ ἴχνο(ς) [12th c.] ATHOS - Mone Iberon 68 [12th c.] (f. 112r) (2 verses) [26474] λουκᾶς τάδ ἔλεξεν ὅς ῥα κατ᾽ ἴχνος [1047] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Α 6 (Eustratiades 6) [1047] (f. 234v) (2 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	Paratexts of the Bible (Pinakes) , 16018 Vassis ICB 2005, 438: "In s. Lucam evang."
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