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)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri, Sien De Groot, Floris Bernard The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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