Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17648
(formerly occ/888)

Λέξεις βίβλου κρατιστῆς· εἶς ὁρᾶς | πανολβίου,
ἄνακτος ἡμῶν ἰ(ησο)ῦ | μακαρτάτου +
τέτρωρον οὖσ(αν) | εὐάγγελον καλουμένην,
ἀν|δρῶν μεγίστων εὐκλεἐστάτους | λόγους +
ματθαίου κ(αὶ) ἰω(άνν)ου σοφοῦ | μάλα,
μάρκου τὲ σεμνοῦ κ(αὶ) λου|κὰ λόγους κλητοῦς,
χαίροις ὁ κτή|τορ τῆς βίβλου συν δ' αὖ θ(εὸ)ς λό|γος +
ἄπαντα πιστῶν πρὸς τὸ | ζῆν δωρήσεται,
τιμὴν καὶ δό|ξαν εἰς τοῦς αἰώνων χρόνους +
ἀφθάρτων | πάντων κ(αὶ) πὰραδεῖσσου τρυφῆς ἀξιωθῶμ(εν)
Type(s) [2218] Λέξεις βίβλου κρατιστῆς εἰσορᾷς πανολβίου (10 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 1460
Manuscript CAMBRIDGE - Trinity College - O 1.66 [1460]
Place in Manuscript f. 196r
Person(s)
Scribe
Theodoros of Konstantinoupolis < Turkey (15th c.) - RGK: I.134 - VGH: 140.D - PLP: IV.7414 - PBE: - PBW: - PMBZ: (thytes)
Contextual information The epigram is followed by a prose colophon on f. 196v, containing the name of the scribe and the date.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)
Subject(s)
Image source(s) https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/O.1.66/UV#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=426&r=0&xywh=-2644%2C-1%2C7958%2C3881
Bibliography

Primary

M. James, 1902, The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. A Descriptive Catalogue (vol. 3), Cambridge: 69
Number of verses 10
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Delphine Nachtergaele - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Transcriber(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:

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