Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 29837

	Ἐπὶ κλίμαξι Κλίμακος πυκνῶς, Πάτερ,
	τὰς ἀρετὰς θείς, ἔφθασας πόλου μέχρι.

Text source	E. Follieri, 1980, I calendari in metro innografico di Cristoforo Mitileneo. Commentario e indici (vol. 2), Brussels: 220
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Christophoros of Mytilene < Lesbos < Greece - PBW: Christophoros/13102/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Spiritual value of the book
Translation(s)	Sugli scalini della Scala, o Padre, collocate fittamente le virtù, giungesti fino al cielo. Language Italian Source(s) E. Follieri, 1980, I calendari in metro innografico di Cristoforo Mitileneo. Commentario e indici (vol. 2), Brussels: 220
Bibliography
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[29840] ἐπι κλίμαξι κλίμακ(ος) \| πυκνῶς π(άτ)ερ [13th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 229 (Vlad. 192) [12th c.] (f. 1v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(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, 247: "Cristoph. Mytilenaeus, In s. Ioannem Climacum abb. (Mart. 30)"
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