Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

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VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1613

Content	Hagiographica > Menologium
Person(s)	Patron Basileios II (958 - 15/12/1025) - PMBZ: 22991: "Personenkennziffer: 20838" (basileus)
Date	976-1000
Origin	Konstantinoupolis < Turkey
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Identification	Diktyon (Pinakes) , 68244
Comment	This famous menologion was ordered by Basil II (Cavallo 2006: 145).
Occurrences	f. 1v [24229] μὴν σεπτέμβριός. \| καὶ ἀρχὴ τῆς ἰνδίκτου [1001-1025] f. Xr [17148] Ἐνταῦθα νῦν σκόπησον ὀρθῶς ὁ βλέπων [976-1000]
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