Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5570
(formerly typ/3623)

	Ἀστὴρ φαεινός ἐδείχθης ἐν τοῖς πέρασι,
	καὶ βίβλον τὴν σὴν, ἀνάγουσαν ὡς κλίμακα,
	τοὺς ἀνθρώπους πείθουσαν,
	τῶν ἀγγέλων τὸν βίον μετέρχεσθαι,
	Ἰωάννη πατὴρ ἡμῶν πάνσοφε·
	ἀλλὰ πρέσβευε Χριστῷ τῷ Θεῷ,
	μὴ παύσῃ ὑπὲρ πάντων ἡμῶν.

Title(s)	Κοντάκιον τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου, Τὰ ἄνω ζητῶν
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Hymnography
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Tag(s)	Doxology Praise of the author
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined H. Hunger, C. Hannick, W. Lackner, 1992, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Theologici 201-337 (vol. 3.3), Vienna: 30 DBBE (last accessed: 2026-08-11).
Number of verses	7
Occurrence(s)	[22808] Ἀστὴρ φαεινός ἐδείχθης ἐν τοῖς πέρασι [1351-1400] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 207 [1351-1400] (f. 138v) (7 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.
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.