Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19052
(formerly occ/2491)

	στίχ(οι) τῶν ιβ ζωδί(ων):

	στῆσον προβάτων κατὰ τὴν στάσιν λόγε:
	κριὸς προηγός ἐστιν, ἀρχὴ τοῦ χρόνου:·
	ταῦρος δέ, ταύρων, οἶστρος εἰς ἀφροδίτην:-
	ζώων τε πάντων ζεῦξις ἐν τοῖς διδύμοις:-
	καρκῖνος ἐστὶ φωσφόρος δ' ὀπισθόπους:-
	λέων δ' ὁ θερμὸς, ἑκπύρωσις τοῦ πόλου:-
	παρθένος δὲ, δεῖγμα τῆς γεωργίας:-
	ζυγὸς μερισμός ἡμερας πρός ἑσπέρ(αν):-
	σκορπίος ἐστι, τῆς σπορᾶς ὁ σκορπίος:-
	τοξότης δὲ, σύμβολον κυνηγί(ας):-
	ὁ δ αἰγόκερως, ἀγρίων παρρησία:-
	ἱδροχόος δὲ, χεῦμα τῶν ὄμβρων κάτω
	οἱ δ ἰχθύες, δήλωσις ἰχθύων γένους:-

Type(s)	[3222] Κριὸς προηγός ἐστιν, ἀρχὴ τοῦ χρόνου (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1476-1500
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana B 33 sup. [1476-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 147v
Palaeographical information	Title and initials written in red ink.
Contextual information	The first verse is normally considered as a metrical title.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Comment	vv. 7 and 10 lack a syllable.
Bibliography	Primary A. Gabriel, 1968, A Summary Catalogue of Microfilms of One Thousand Scientific Manuscripts in The Ambrosiana Library, Milan, Notre Dame, Indiana: 197 E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1901, Catalogus codicum astrologorum graecorum. Codices Mediolanenses (vol. 3), Brussels: 6 E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 2), Milan: 99
Number of verses	13
Related occurrence(s)	[19518] Κριὸς προηγός ἐστιν ἀρχὴ τοῦ χρόνου [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 86, Cod. 14 [15th c.] (f. 120r) (12 verses) (12/13) [25828] ἐγὼ δὲ θηρεῖν προσφέρω σοι στρουθ(ία) [1419] LESBOS - Mone tou Leimonos 10 [1419] (f. 203v) (7 verses) (1/13) [19054] κριὸ(ς) προηγός ἐστιν ἀρχὴ τοῦ χρόνου [14th c.] MODENA - Biblioteca Estense Universitaria α. V. 8. 13 (Puntoni 189; olim III F 11) [14th c.] (f. 2v) (12 verses) (12/13) [19055] Κριὸς προηγός (...) [15th c.] MODENA - Biblioteca Estense Universitaria α. W. 3. 17 (Puntoni 215; olim III G 11) [15th c.] ((unsure) f. 43v) (12 verses) (1/13)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri, Noor Vanhoe, Kyriaki Giannikou The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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