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VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 53

Content	Historiographica > Niketas Choniates (person page)
Person(s)	Scribe Alexandros (16th c.) - VGH: 12.I (hierodiakonos, megas chartophylax of Hagia Sophia < Konstantinoupolis < Turkey)
Date	1301-1350
Bibliography	J. Bértola 2021, Ephraim of Ainos at work: a cycle of epigrams in the margins of Niketas Choniates, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 114(3), 929-1000: 943-947, 959-962 J. Bértola 2021, Using Poetry to Read the Past. Unedited Byzantine Verse Scholia on Historians in the Margins of Medieval Manuscripts, Gent: 104-106, 117-120 J. Bértola, On Restored Manuscripts and Fulfilled Oracles: Two Book Epigrams on Niketas Choniates’ ‘History’ (posted on: 2023-04-04). H. Hunger, 1961, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Historici. Codices Philosophici et Philologici (vol. 1), Vienna: 58-59 H. Hunger, 1989, Schreiben und Lesen in Byzanz: Die byzantinische Buchkultur, Munich: 51 O. Mazal, 1981, Byzanz und das Abendland. Katalog einer Ausstellung der Handschriften- und Inkunabelsammlung der österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, Vienna: 102-104 J. Van Dieten, 1975, Nicetae Choniatae Historia (vol. 1), Berlin-New York: XXXI-XXXIII display 4 more references (7 in total) hide 4 references (7 in total)
Identification	Diktyon (Pinakes) , 70930
Comment	Alexandros chartophylax partially rewrote f. 85r in a darker ink. Bértola (2021: 946): "While copying Φ he spilled some ink on the model, copied again the ruined passage and wrote down in the margin: σύμβαμα ἐκ τοῦ χυθῆναι τὸ μελάνιον ἐξ ἀγνοίας· καὶ (ᾧ van Dieten) σύγγνωτε οἱ ἀναγινώσκοντες, ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἀλάθητος. (...) Alexander also rewrote a passage on f. 106v of F, most likely after a similar accident with ink."
Occurrences	f. 2v [33818] οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅ τι φὴς ἐν(...)αδὶ χωνειάτ(...) [1301-1350] f. 3r [34192] θεληματαίν(εις) \|οἷς παραβλέπ(εις) \| φύσ(ιν) [1301-1350] f. 3v [34193] ἀλέξιε κράτιστε \| κομνηνιάδη [1301-1350] f. 4v [34194] εὖγε βασιλεῦ \| τ(ῆς) ἄγαν εὐβου\|λί(ας) [1301-1350] f. 5v [34204] δίκαιο(ς) ἄναξ, \| ἐνδίκ(ως) τιμ(ὰς) \| νέμει [1301-1350] f. 6v [34205] σοφὴ γυναικῶν, \| ἐκ λύπ(ης) ταῦτα \| λέγεις [1301-1350] f. 6v [34206] ἀξοὺχ ἀγαθὲ, \| πρὸς ψυχὴν θεί(αν), \| λέγεις [1301-1350] f. 7r [34751] ἔσπειρεν ἀξοὺχ, \| ἐς ψυχ(ῆς) ἐσθλῆς \| βάθο(ς) [1301-1350] f. 7r [34762] σεμνὴ βασιλ(ὶς), \| ὡς σοφ(ὸν) φράζ(εις) \| ἔπος [1301-1350] f. 7r [34924] πορθεῖ· πολίζει· \| λαοδικείας πόλ(ιν) [1301-1350] f. 7v [34930] σ(ωτῆ)ρα· σωζόπ(ο)λ(ιν) \| αὐσονοκράτην [1301-1350] f. 8r [35100] ἔπτης βασιλεῦ (ὡς) \| ταχινὸ(ς) ἱέραξ [1301-1350] f. 8v [35112] μάχη μεγίστη σκυ\|θικοῦ δεινοῦ φύλου [1301-1350] f. 8v [35117] τ(ῆς) εὐσεβεί(ας) ἀπο\|ρὼξ, σὺ τρισά\|ναξ [1301-1350] f. 9r [35121] ἡττᾶς βασιλεῦ σὺν \| θ(ε)ῷ, σκυθῶν στίχ(ην) [1301-1350] f. 9r [35140] ἄναξ νικητὰ πρὸ(ς) \| νίκην ἐκ τ(ῆς) νίκ(ης) [1301-1350] f. 9r [35145] τέτρωρον ἄναξ ἡ \| τετρακτὺς τῶν τέ\|κνων [1301-1350] f. 9v [35150] οὖννοι κρατοῦσι \| ἄστεος βρανι\|τζόβης [1301-1350] f. 9v [35156] ἐν ὑγροχέρσῳ \| παγκρατεστάτῃ μάχῃ [1301-1350] f. 10r [35161] θρίαμβο(ς) ὦδε, (καὶ) \| χαρᾶς μεστὴ πόλ(ις) [1301-1350] f. 10v [35188] τανισμάνιο(ς), εἷλε \| τὴν κασταμόνα [1301-1350] f. 11r [35194] ἐπανασώζει τὴν πόλ(ιν) \| κασταμόνα [1301-1350] f. 11v [35200] ἰσαυροκίλιξ, \| στρατιὰν ξένην δέχου [1301-1350] f. 12r [35207] ὁ βάρβαρο(ς) στό\|μαλγο(ς) ἀρμενοκίλιξ [1301-1350] f. 13r [35213] ἡ φρὴν ἀλαζὼν \| δουλικῶς δεσμῇ \| πόδας [1301-1350] f. 13r [35219] δισσῶν βασιλεῦ \| ἑρκίων \| ἀναβάρζης [1301-1350] f. 14r [35224] ἔχρανας ἄναξ \| ἐθνικοῖς σαυτόν \| λύθροις [1301-1350] f. 14r [35230] ἐδὲμ· βυζαντ(ίς)· \| εὐφράτην \| ξένον βρύεις [1301-1350] f. 15v [35236] περσ(ὶς) χ(ριστ)ῶ πρὶν \| τῶ βροτεργάτη \| λόγῳ [1301-1350] f. 15v [35242] δὶς ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆ θεουπόλει πόλει [1301-1350] f. 16r-16v [35247] ἄμαχον ὅπλον\| τὴν φύσιν τῖς \| ἐν φύσει [1301-1350] f. 16v [35256] ἄναξ· ὁ πραῢς· (καὶ) \| μέτριο(ς) τ(ὸν) τρόπον [1301-1350] f. 17v [35262] ἐπαινετὸ(ς) σοῦ \| τ(ῆς) στρατηγίας \| τρόπο(ς) [1301-1350] f. 17v [35268] ἀρτιφυ(ὴς) ἄκανθα \| δημώδ(ης) λόγο(ς) [1301-1350] f. 18r [35273] οὐδὲν λύπ(ης) κάκιον \| ὡς φθισιμβρότου [1301-1350] f. 18r [35279] ἥττων βασιλεῦ \| ὀψὲ (καὶ) ψύχους γίνῃ [1301-1350] f. 18v [35285] ἁρματηλάτα βασιλεῦ \| φαεσφόρε [1301-1350] f. 19v [35292] ἡρακλὲς ὕθλο(ς) τὰ κα\|τορθώματά σου [1301-1350] f. 20r [35297] τὸ τραῦμα βραχὺ δακ\|τύλου δέρμα ξέσαν [1301-1350] f. 20v [35303] κιβωτὸ(ς) ὦδε κατα\|κλυσμὸ(ς) ὑδάτ(ων) [1301-1350] f. 97r [35308] ἄναξ μανουὴλ τί παθὼν οὕτω τρέπη [1301-1350] f. 97r [35321] μυζῶσι ἄναξ \| ὡς βδέλαι σοῦ, \| τὰ βέλη [1301-1350] f. 176v [35325] ἂν εὗρεν ἀνδρόνικο(ς) ὧν λύσιν δράσοι [1301-1350] f. 176v [35328] ἀσυμπαθὴς ἄν(θρωπ)ε κ(αὶ) φθόνου γέμων [1301-1350] f. 324v [33799] χρόνω λυθεῖσαν τὴν παροῦσαν πυκτίδα [14th c.] display 42 more occurrences (45 in total) hide 42 occurrences (45 in total)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Julián Bértola 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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