Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4746
(formerly typ/2813)

	Τριαντάριθμος οὐρανοδρόμος κλίμαξ·
	εἰς οὐρανοὺς φέρουσα τοὺς βρότους βάσις·
	ἣν πᾶσαν ἐλθὼν, εὐθὺς σὺν Χριστῷ πέλει
	τοῦ τρισσοφεγγοῦς φωτὸς ἠξιουμένος.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Heavenly Ladder Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary I. Hardt, 1810, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum Bibliothecae Regiae Bavaricae. Cod. CCCXLVIII-CCCCLXXII continens (vol. 4), Munich: 361 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 525
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[21308] τριαντάριθμος οὐρανοδρόμος κλίμαξ [13th c.] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 440 [13th c.] ((unsure) f. 1r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 803: "In Ioannis Climaci Scalam Paradisi"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.