Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3098
(formerly typ/1215)

	Ἔργον τὸ τερπνὸν θερμὸν ἐμφαίνει πόθον
	Λέοντος, ἀθροίσαντος εἰς Βίβλον μίαν
	εὐαγγελιστῶν τῶν σοφῶν θείους λόγους
	τοὺς ἀκροατὰς ἑστιᾷν καθ᾽ ἡμέραν
	στίχους ἀριθμῶν τοὺς Ἀποστόλους νόει
	τὸ τριπλοτετράριθμον ἅρμα τοῦ Λόγου.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Apostles Four Evangelists
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined G. Askitis 1947, Περιγραφὴ παλαιογραφικὴ, Δωδεκανησιακὴ Ἐπιθεώρησις, 1, 136-138: 137 V. Beneševič, 1911, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum qui in monasterio Sanctae Catharinae in monte asservantur. Codices manuscripti notabiliores bibliothecae monasterii Sinaitici ejusque metochii Cahirensis, ab archimandrita Porphyrio (Uspenskio) descripti (vol. 1), Saint-Petersburg: 119 D. Chabiaras 1916, Οἱ Βυζαντινοὶ αὐτοκράτορες Θεοδόσιος ὁ μικρὸς καὶ Λέων ὁ Σοφὸς ἔξοχοι καλλιγραφεῖς. Β΄, Τὸ εὐαγγελιάριον τῆς ἑν Σύμῃ ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Ῥουκουνιώτου καὶ Λέων ὁ Σoφὸς (886-912 μ.Χ.), Παρνασσός, 12, 189-209: 200
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[18885] Ἔργον τὸ τερπνὸν θερμὸν ἐμφαίνει πόθον [10th-11th c.] SYMI - Mone Panormitou (Benesevic 113) [10th-11th c.] (f. 217v) (6 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 251: "Librarii subscr. in quattuor evangelia"
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