Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2854
(formerly typ/952)

	Ἡ βίβλος ἥδε τῶν θεοπνεύστων λόγων
	λειμὼν πέφυκε ψυχικῶν ἀρωμάτων·
	ταύτην διελθὼν νουνεχῶς ψυχήν, φίλε,
	εὐωδιάσεις πνεύματος εὐωδίᾳ.
	Ἡ βίβλος αὕτη τῶν Θεοῦ προσταγμάτων
	λύχνος πέφυκε τοῖς ποσὶ καὶ φῶς τρίβοις·
	ταύτην διελθὼν νουνεχῶς τοὺς σοὺς πόδας
	κατευθυνεῖς, ἄνθρωπε, πρὸς θείας τρίβους.

Text source	A. Turyn, 1964, Codices graeci vaticani saeculis XIII et XIV scripti annorumque notis instructi, Vatican City: 70
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Colophon Spiritual value of the book
Comment	Text of Turyn (1964: 70) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary R. Devreesse, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 604-866 (vol. 3), Vatican City: 64 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 132
Number of verses	8
Occurrence(s)	[18534] ἡ βίβλο(ς) ἡδε τῶν θεοπνεύστων λόγων [1286] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 641 [1286] (f. 466v) (8 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	Vassis ICB 2005, 294: "Librarii subscr. in Theophylacti Achrid. expositionem in quattuor evangelia"
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