Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18493
(formerly occ/1843)

Κτῆμα τίμιον ἀνὴρ ἁγνεύων σῶμα,
κρεῖσσον δ᾽ ὁ τυχὼν μιᾶς ἀνὴρ συζύγου·
ὁ γὰρ συμπλεκόμενος πολλαῖς ἀγκάλαις
σύμμορφος ἐγένετο ὑῶν ἀγρίων.
Type(s) [2816] Κτῆμα τίμιον ἀνὴρ ἁγνεύων σῶμα (10 verses)
Text source A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, 1884, Μαυρογορδάτειος Βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι Γενικὸς περιγραφικὸς κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς ἀνὰ τὴν Ἀνατολὴν βιβλιοθήκαις εὑρισκομένων ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων, Constantinople: 153
Text status Text completely known
Date 14th c.
Manuscript LESBOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou Hypselou (Antissa) 23 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 2r
Contextual information Followed by another book epigram, with incipit: 'ὀρθὰς φύλαττε τοῦ νοός σου τὰς τρίβους'.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Reader-related epigram
Bibliography

Secondary

K. Bentein, K. Demoen 2012, The Reader in Eleventh-Century Book Epigrams, in F. Bernard, K. Demoen (eds.), Poetry and its Contexts in Eleventh-century Byzantium, Farnham/Burlington, 69-88: 75
Number of verses 4
Related occurrence(s) [23393] κτῆμα τίμιον ἀνὴρ ἁγνεύων σῶμα [12th c.]
EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca y.II.3 [12th c.] (f. 278v)
(2 verses) (1/4)
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