Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5102
(formerly typ/3161)

	Πρῶτον μελίσας ᾖσεν αὖθις πλαγίων
	μέλισμα Χριστῷ τοὺς βροτοὺς σεσωκότι
	Ἅιδου πυλωρῶν καὶ φθορᾶς ἁμαρτάδος
	σαρκὸς θανούσης ὁ γλυκὺς Ἰωάννης.

Title(s)	Εἰς τὸν πλάγιον 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
Critical Notes	Title ad. πρῶτον post πλάγιον
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)	[21864] Πρῶτον μελίσας ᾖσεν αὖθις πλαγίων [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, 652: "In tonum obliquum primum"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.