Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5101
(formerly typ/3160)

	Καὶ τέταρτον δέ, τοῦ βροτοὺς σεσωκότος
	Χριστοῦ πρὸς Ἅιδου σαρκικῶς κατηγμένου,
	μέλισμα τερπνὸν Ἰωάννης ἐννέπει.
	κἀγὼ προσᾴδω τῆς φθορᾶς λελυμένος.

Title(s)	Εἰς τὸν τέταρτον ἦχον.
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Eight Tones Music
Tag(s)	Introduction to the subject
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined S. Mercati 1970, Intorno ai versi sugli otto echi e sui quattro Evangelisti contenuti nel codice del Monte Athos 4279 (Iviron 159) del secolo XV, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 1), Bari, 626-636: 634
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[21862] Καὶ τέταρτον δέ, τοῦ βροτοὺς σεσωκότος [15th c.] ATHOS - Mone Iberon 159 [15th c.] (f. 64v) (4 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, 384: "In tonum quartum"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.