Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17781
(formerly occ/1035)

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	Οἶδ’ ὅτι θνητὸς ἐγὼ κ(αὶ) ἐφήμερος· ἀλλ᾽ ὅταν ἄστρων
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Type(s)	[2326] Οἶδ’, ὅτι θνατὸς ἐγὼ καὶ ἐφάμερος· ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἄστρων (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 198 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 138v
Person(s)	Scribe Malachias (14th c.) - VGH: 274.A - PLP: IV.16483 (kyrios, papas)
Palaeographical information	The title and the initial are written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Ptolemy's Mathematical Treatise.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.) Zeus
Comment	Mercati-De' Cavalieri (1923: 237) mention only the incipit.
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.198/0144
Bibliography	Primary G. Mercati, P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1923, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1-329 (vol. 1), Rome: 237
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[19345] Οἶδ’ ὅτι θνητὸς ἔφυν καὶ ἐφήμερος· ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἄστρων [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 10, Cod. 21 [15th c.] (f. 173r) (4 verses) (3/4) [34083] οἶδ’ ὅτι θνητὸς ἔφυν καὶ ἐφάμερος· ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἄστρ(ων) [1501-1520] MADRID - Biblioteca Universitaria Complutense, Biblioteca Histórica Marqués de Valdecilla 117-z°-10 (olim Villa-Amil 28) [1501-1520] (f. 155v) (4 verses) (3/4) [33153] Οἶδ’ ὅτι θνητός ἔφυν καὶ ἐφήμερος, ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἄστρων [15th c.] MODENA - Biblioteca Estense Universitaria α. O. 7. 12 (Lat. 56) [15th c.] (f. 119v) (4 verses) (3/4) [21251] οἶδ’ ὅτι θνητὸς ἔφυν καὶ \| ἐφάμερος, ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἄστρων· [13th c.] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 212 [1326-1350] (f. 1r) (4 verses) (4/4) [27083] οἶδ' ὅτι θνητὸς ἔφυν καὶ ἐφ' ἅμερος ἀλλ’ ὅτ' ἄν ἄστρων [10th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1853 [10th-15th c.] (f. 67v) (4 verses) (3/4) [29368] οἶδ’ ὅτι θνητὸς ἔφυν καὶ ἐφάμερος· ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἄστρων [1200] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 117 [14th c.] (f. 1v) (4 verses) (3/4) [22230] οἶδ' ὅτι, θνητὸς ἔφυν καὶ ἐφήμερος, ἀλλ' ὅταν ἄστρων [1401-1498] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 388 (coll. 833) [15th c.] (f. IVv) (4 verses) (3/4) display 4 more occurrences (7 in total) hide 4 occurrences (7 in total)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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