Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 16975
(formerly occ/83)

	Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθ\|μηθέντα νόησον: \|
	ἄρκτους· ὠκεανὸν· δύσιν· ἀν\|τολίην τε νότον τε:
	χεῖμα θέρος φυσικάς τʹ ἀ\|τραποὺς, σκολιάς τε κελεύθους: \|
	αἰθίοπάς τʹ ἀνδρανεῖς· γερμαν(ῶν) \| δύσμορα φῦλα· \|
	σαυρομάτας χοίροισιν ἑοικότ(ας) \| ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτῆς:
	αἰνομόρου σκυθίης χαλεπὸν \| γένος· ἄχρις ἐς ἡῶ:
	ἰνδῶν τε σηρῶν τε· τὸ γὰρ \| πέρας ἀντολίης γῆς:

Type(s)	[3244] Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 82 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 110r
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of Claudius Ptolemy's Geography.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.)
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Urb.gr.82/0225
Bibliography	Primary C. Stornajolo, 1895, Codices Urbinates Graeci, Rome: 129
Number of verses	7
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri, 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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