Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5105
(formerly typ/3164)

	Ὁμωνύμῳ σοι τὴν λύσιν Ἰωάννῃ
	[ἔ]γγράφ[ε] καὶ πό[...............]

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 209
Text status	Text partially unknown
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Patron-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) John Chrysostom (saint)
Tag(s)	Description of an image Entreaty for a third person Miniature
Critical Notes	2 [ἔ]γγράφ[ε] καὶ πό ] γράφε καὶ πο Spatharakis
Translation(s)	Write for your namesake, John, the remission and... Language English Source(s) I. Spatharakis, 1976, The Portrait in Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts, Leiden: 86 Deinem Namensvetter Ioannes stelle eine Lysis aus und … Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 209
Bibliography	Primary I. Spatharakis, 1976, The Portrait in Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts, Leiden: 86
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[19227] ὁμω\|νύμω \| σοι τὴν \| (...)ύσην \| (...)ωάννη [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Iberon 5 [1226-1300] (f. 456v) (2 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	BEiÜ IV, GR29 Vassis ICB 2005, 529: "Precatio ad Ioann. Chrysostomum pro donatore libri"
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