Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19045
(formerly occ/2479)

	ἠλιοδώρου τοῦ φιλοσόφου γράψας:
	πρὸ(ς) \| τὸν θεοδώσιον τὸν βασιλέαν:
	ἀπὸ τῶν φιλοσόφων μυστικῆς \| τέχνης:
	δια στοίχων ἰάμβων τοῖσδε χρηεῖσθω:-

Type(s)	[3216] Ἡλιόδωρος γὰρ φιλόσοφος γράψας (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1526-1575
Manuscript	EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Φ.I.11 [1526-1575]
Place in Manuscript	f. 164v
Person(s)	Scribe Anonymous scribe of Brussels < Belgium (16th c.)
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Heliodorus' poem about alchemy.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Image source(s)	https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/15965#?xywh=-180%2C242%2C1874%2C818&cv=344
Bibliography	Primary C. Zuretti, A. Severyns, 1928, Catalogue des manuscrits alchimiques grecs. Les manuscrits d' Espagne; les manuscrits d'Athènes (vol. 5), Brussels: 21
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[19521] ἡλιόδωρου γὰρ φιλόσοφου γράψας [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 86, Cod. 16 [1492] (f. 298r) (4 verses) (4/4)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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