Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17094
(formerly occ/216)

	Ἔσπευσαν ἄλ\|λοι χρυσ(ὸν) εὑρ(εῖν) \| ἐν βίω:
	Ἄλλοι (δὲ) γῆν \| σπεύδουσιν ἢ \| καὶ μαργάρους
	Καὶ πάντα πλοῦτ(ον) προσλαβ(εῖν) ἀπληστίᾳ.
	Ὁ δεσπότης δὲ τοῦ παρόντ(ος) \| βιβλίου:
	Οὐ μαργαρίτ(ας) οὐ λίθ(ον) οὐ χρυσί(ον):
	Τὴν καλλονήν δὲ τ(ῶν) τοῦ \| προφήτ(ου) λόγ(ων):
	Σοφ(ῶς) ἀνευρῶν ἐξ ἔρωτος ἐνθέου:
	Ἔνθεν συνῆξε \| πλοῦτον ὃς μένει μόν(ος):
	Ῥεῖ πάντα γ(ῆς) καὶ λόγος μένει μόνος:
	Ἀλλʹ ὦ βραχίον δεξιᾶς ἀκηράτου:
	Τὸν ταύτην κοσμήσαντα \| τῶ πολλῶ πόθω:
	Φρουρ(ῶν) σὺ σῶσον οἷσπερ εὐδοκεῖς τρόποις:

Type(s)	[1955] Ἔσπευσαν ἄλλοι χρυσὸν εὑρεῖν ἐν βίῳ (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1087
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 342 [1087-1088]
Place in Manuscript	f. 24r
Person(s)	Scribe Michael (11th c.) - RGK: I.289, III.472 (alitros, monachos)
Palaeographical information	Written in the margin. The initials of each verse are in red ink.
Contextual information	It is preceded by the epigram, inc. 'Χεῖρες φίλαι, κόλποι τε και σύ, καρδία'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram
Subject(s)	Psalter
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.342/0578
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen 2012, La poésie de la συλλογή Les paratextes métriques des manuscrits byzantins et le (vocabulaire du) recueil, in C. Gastgeber, C. Messis, D. Muresan, F. Ronconi (eds.), Pour l'amour de Byzance. Hommage à Paolo Odorico., Frankfurt am Main, 89-98: 92 R. Devreesse, 1937, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 330-603 (vol. 2), Vatican City: 16 S. Mercati 1970, Confessione di fede di Michele Categumeno del monastero fondato da Michele Attaliate, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 1), Bari, 609-617: 617 G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 226
Number of verses	12
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Acknowledgements	Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Floris Bernard The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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