Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17430
(formerly occ/638)

	+ ἔσπευσαν ἄλλοι χρυσὸν εὑρεῖν ἐν βίῳ
	ἄλλοι δὲ γῆν σπεύδουσιν ἢ καὶ μαργάρους
	καὶ πάντα πλοῦτον προσλαβεῖν ἀπληστία
	ὁ δεσπότης δὲ τοῦ παρόντος βιβλίου.
	οὐ μαργαρίτας οὐ λίθον ἢ χρυσίον
	τὴν καλλονήν τὲ τῶν Χρυσοστόμου λόγων
	σοφῶς ἀνευρὼν ἐξ ἔρωτος ἐνθέου
	ἔνθεν συνῆξε πλοῦτον ὃς μένει μόνος
	ῥεῖ πάντα γῆς γὰρ καὶ λόγος μένει μόνος.
	ἀλλʹ ὦ βραχίων δεξιᾶς ἀκηράτου
	τὸν ταύτην κοσμήσαντα τῶ πολλῶ πόθω
	φρουρῶν σὺ σῶσον· οἷσπερ εὐδοκεῖς τρόποις.~

Type(s)	[1955] Ἔσπευσαν ἄλλοι χρυσὸν εὑρεῖν ἐν βίῳ (12 verses)
Text source	E. Feron, F. Battaglini, 1893, Codices manuscripti graeci Ottoboniani Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Rome: 249
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Ottob. gr. 445 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 307r
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
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
Number of verses	12
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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