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 The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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