Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19040
(formerly occ/2470)

	Πονῶν μογῶν ἄμετρα ταύτην τὴν βίβλον,
	τέλει δέδωκα τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ νενευκότος:
	Γεννῶσι δόξαν τοῖς φιλοῦσιν οἱ πόνοι·
	τοῖς δ᾽ αὖ ἀεργοῖς, μῶμον ἡ ῥαθυμία:

Type(s)	[4392] Πονῶν μογῶν ἄμετρα, ταύτην τὴν βίβλον (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Ross. 986 (olim XI.136) [1426-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 378v
Palaeographical information	Initials of vv. 1, 3 written in red ink. Written by a reader.
Contextual information	Written at the end of Plato's Epitaph.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ross.986/0384
Bibliography	Primary E. Gollob, 1910, Die griechishe Literatur in den Handschriften der Rossiana in Wien (vol. 1), Vienna: 62 C. Van de Vorst 1906, Die griechischen Handschriften der Bibliotheca Rossiana, Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen, 23, 492-508, 537-550: 507
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[20763] Πονῶν μογῶν ἄμετρα, ταύτην τὴν βίβλον [15th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana Q 88 sup. [15th c.] (f. 277r) (4 verses) (4/4) [17699] Πονῶν, μογῶν ἄμετρα, ταύτην τὴν βίβλον [1335-1336] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 7 [1335-1336] (f. 198r) (6 verses) (4/4) [22353] πονῶν μογῶν ἄμετρα ταύτην τὴν βίβλον [13th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 613 (coll. 868) [13th c.] (f. 295r) (4 verses) (4/4)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri
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