Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5756
(formerly typ/3780)

	Ὦ Παῦλε σοφέ, τῆς οἰκουμένης ῥήτωρ,
	λύρα γνωστικὴ μυστουργοῦσα τὰ θεία,
	ἄνοιξον κἀμοί θύραν εἰς σωτηρίαν,
	δίδου μοι πένθος χαροποιὸν λιταῖς σου,
	ζηλοῦν σε μέντοι ἱκάνωσον ἐν τάχει
	τὸν σὸν φοιτητήν, εἰ γε θέμις καὶ τούτων,
	στοργῇ γὰρ τῇ σῇ καὶ μόνον πιεσμονὴν
	ξύω τοὺς λόγους σοὺς Μιχαὴλ ὁ τλήμων.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Music Paul (apostle, saint)
Tag(s)	Address to the author Entreaty for first person Praise of the author Prayer
Bibliography	Primary H. von Soden, 1902, Die Schriften des Neuen Testaments in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte. Untersuchungen. Die Textzeuge (vol. 1.1), Berlin: 385-386
Number of verses	8
Occurrence(s)	[23113] Ὦ παῦλε σοφὲ· τῆς οἰκουμένης ῥήτωρ [1101-1125] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Τ.III.12 [1101-1125] (f. 178v) (8 verses) [23114] ὦ παῦλε σοφὲ τ(ῆς) οἰκουμέν(ης) ῥήτωρ [1201-1225] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II A 7 [1201-1225] (f. 95v) (8 verses) [23112] ὦ παῦλε σοφὲ τῆς οἰκουμέ\|νης ῥήτωρ [10th-11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1971 [10th-11th c.] (f. 208v) (8 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, 890: "Librarii subscr. in Pauli epistulas"
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