Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17878
(formerly occ/1150)

	οὗτος πα\|λαιὸς ἡμε\|ρῶν καθ᾽ ὁ\|ράθη +
	μᾶλ\|λον δ᾽ ὁ αὐτὸς \| πρῶτος \| αἴσχατος μέ\|σος +
	οὔ\|τως κραται\|ὸς ἔρχε\|ται παντο\|κράτωρ +
	τὸν κόσμο(ν) \| ὡς ἄλονα \| λικμῆσαι κρίσει + \|
	βαβαὶ τίς οὐ φρί\|ξει σε θεέ \| μου τότε +

Type(s)	[2410] Οὗτος παλαιὸς ἡμερῶν καθωράθη (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	951-1000
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1522 [951-1000]
Place in Manuscript	f. 197v
Palaeographical information	Written in gold liturgical majuscule, in two columns inscribed in two arches that recall the shape of the Eusebian canons.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of the manuscript.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1522
Bibliography	Primary F. D'Aiuto, A. Sirinian 1999, Un carme bizantino in onore degli evangelisti e la sua versione armena nel Vat. Gr. 1445, Rivista di Studi Bizantini e Neoellenici (RSBN), 36, 121-169: 148 G. Galavaris, 1979, The Illustrations of the Prefaces in Byzantine Gospels, Vienna: 93 C. Giannelli, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1485-1683 (vol. 5), Vatican City: 69 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 454-455 Secondary M. Lauxtermann, 2003, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 1), Vienna: 347
Number of verses	4
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, 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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