Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17717
(formerly occ/963)

	+ ἕκτ(ην) ἐπιφέροντο(ς) αὐγούστου τότε,
	δέδωκα συμπέρασμα \| τῇδε τὴν βίβλῳ·
	ἔτους τρέχοντος ἑξάδι μ(ὲν) \| χιλίων,
	σὺν τοῖς ἑκατὸν ἑπταδικοῖς ἐγκύκλ(οις)·\|
	τριπλῆ δεκάδι (καὶ) μοναπλῆ τρετράδι.
	ἔστι (δέ) μοι \|πρόκλησις ἰδίως φίλε;
	ἄφωνα δύο δυσ(ὶν) ἀ\|μεταβόλ(οις)·
	τῶν ἑπτὰ δυσ(ὶν) ἦτα δίς σίγμα τέλος+

Type(s)	[2278] Ἕκτην ἐπιφέροντος Αὐγούστου τότε (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1226
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 103 [1226]
Place in Manuscript	f. 208v
Person(s)	Scribe Demetrios (13th c.) - RGK: III.172
Palaeographical information	2 συμπέρασμα in rasura ab ipso librario est scripta 3 τῇδε ex τήνδε; βίβλῳ ex βίβλον
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Comment	The epigram contains a riddle on the name of Demetrios.
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.103/0436
Bibliography	Primary F. Euangelatou-Notara 1983, Ἕλληνες γραφεῖς τοῦ 13ου αἰῶνα: Προσθῆκες καὶ διορθώσεις στὸ Εὑρετήριο τῶν Vogel-Gardthausen, Δίπτυχα Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν καὶ Μεταβυζαντινῶν Μελετῶν, 3, 184-239: 200 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 26 G. Mercati, P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1923, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1-329 (vol. 1), Rome: 125 A. Turyn, 1964, Codices graeci vaticani saeculis XIII et XIV scripti annorumque notis instructi, Vatican City: 26
Number of verses	8
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, 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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