Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6107
(formerly typ/4092)

	Ὁρᾷς τὰς ὀφρῦς πῶς συνῆξεν ὡς νέφη;
	ὗσαι τὰ θεῖα πᾶσι βροντῆσαι θέλει
	τοῦ δ' ἀστραπῆς φαίνοντα τὰ φάη πλέον.

Title(s)	Στίχοι εἰς τὸν μέγαν Ἰωάννην τὸν Θεολόγον
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined N. Bees, 1967, Τὰ χειρόγραφα των Μετεώρων : κατάλογος περιγραφικός των χειρογράφων κωδίκων των αποκειμένων εις τας μονὰς των Μετεώρων (vol. 1), Athens: 539 A. Kominis 1951, Συναγωγὴ ἐπιγραμμάτων εἰς τοὺς τέσσαρας Εὐαγγελιστάς, Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (EEBS), 21, 254-279: 277 DBBE (last accessed: 2026-08-11).
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[24995] Ὁρᾶς τὰς ὀφῦς π(ῶς) συνῆξεν ὡς νέφη [15th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Ω 16 (Eustratiades 1826) [15th c.] (f. 96r) (3 verses) [23763] Ὁρᾶς τὰς ὀφρῦς, πῶς συνῆξεν ὡς νέφη [14th c.] METEORA - Mone Metamorphoseos 543 [14th c.] (f. 90v) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 543: "In s. Ioannem evang."
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.