Type 6757
(formerly typ/4661)
| Μελεμβαφὲς σύσκιον ἠκριβωμένον | |
| Ὁρᾷς μελαμπέταλον ἠργυρωμένον | |
| Σύγγραμμα τοῦτο πατέρος Γρηγορίου· | |
| Μέγιστον ὄντως τῆς ἀληθείας φάος, | |
| Πέλαγος ἀκύμαντον, ὅρμος ὀλκάδων, | |
| Γλυκὺ νᾶμα πότιμον, ἕρση καὶ δρόσος, | |
| Ἄρτος πόλοιο Ἰσραὴλ τρέφων νέον, | |
| Γέρας ὅλης καύχημα τῆς Ἐκκλησίας | |
| Γῆς οὐρανοῦ κάλλιον ἐξῃρημένον, | |
| Κῆπος μοναχῶν τῶν κατηγλαϊσμένων, | |
| Ὅπλου, ξίφος, φαρέτρα, καλῶς σχοινίον, | |
| Σμιλίον ἀξίνη τε, ῥομφαία, σπάθη, | |
| Πῦρ, νάφθα, οὐλὴ καὶ τί πλεῖον θανάτου | |
| Καθ' αἱρετικῶν σφόδρα τῶν ἀνηλίων. | |
| Ἀλλ' οὗν ἀλαλάξωμεν ἐμφρόνως πόθῳ | |
| Μέλισμα τουτὶ τὸ χρυσοφαάντερον. |
| Title(s) | Στίχοι Μαθουσάλα μοναχοῦ τοῦ Καββάδη τοῦ Σιναΐτου εἰς τὸ «Χριστὸς γεννᾶται» |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Gregorios of Nazianzos < Cappadocia (329 - 25/01/390) - PBW: Gregorios/128/ |
| Tag(s) | |
| Comment | This epigram occurs in the 11th century manuscript Sinai Hag. Aikat. gr. 342 (f. 73r), but was written by a later hand - the 16th century monk Mathousalas Kabbades (also known as Mathousalas Macheir). As the epigram is thus dated to the 16th century, it is not listed as occurrence in the database. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography category to be determined J. Noret 1978, Les manuscrits sinaïtiques de Grégoire de Nazianze (1re partie), Byzantion, 48(1), 146-207: 200-201 |
| Number of verses | 16 |
| Acknowledgements |
Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 452: "Mathusalas Cabbades, In Greg. Nazianzeni orationem 38" |
| Permalink | http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6757 |
Last modified: 2026-01-19.
