Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17286
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	ἴαμβος·

	Τῶν μὲν κακῶν οὐκ ἔστιν \| αἴτιος ὁ θεός ·:· \|
	παραίτιος δὲ τῶν καλῶν ἐ\|στὶν μόνος+

Type(s)	[2144] Τῶν μὲν κακῶν οὐκ ἔστιν αἴτιος Θεὸς (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 56 (coll. 456) [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 178v
Palaeographical information	The text is written in Alexandrinische Auszeichnungsmajuskel.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of St. Basil's homily 'Quod Deus non est auctor malorum'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Bibliography	Primary E. Mioni, 1981, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 1-299 (vol. 1), Rome: 81 S. Rudberg 1961, Annotations historiques et adscripta métriques contenus dans les manuscrits de Basile de Césarée, Scriptorium, 15(1), 61-67: 65
Number of verses	2
Related occurrence(s)	[17598] τῶν μὲν κα\|κῶν οὐκ ἕστιν αἴτιος θ(εο)ς [1076-1125] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 434 [1076-1125] (f. 160v -- (alt.) p. 320) (2 verses) (2/2) [25411] τῶν μὲν κακῶν οὐκ ἔστιν αἴτιος θεός [16/07/899] GLASGOW - University Library - Hunter 407-408 (V.3.5-6) [16/07/899] (f. 210r) (2 verses) (2/2) [20035] τῶν μὲν κάκων οὐκ ἔστιν αἴτιος Θεὸς [951-1000] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Canonici gr. 77 [951-1000] ((unsure) f. 122v) (2 verses) (2/2) [25410] τῶν μὲν κακῶν οὐκ ἔστιν αἴτιος Θεὸς [10th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 55 (coll. 455) [10th c.] ((unsure) f. 204r) (2 verses) (2/2)
Acknowledgements	Transcriber(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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