Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19135
(formerly occ/2598)

	+ ὧδε γεωγραφίη λάχε στράβωνος τέλος ἤδη·
	ἣν χρυσοκόκκης γράψε γεώργιος χερσὶν ἑῇσι·
	φραγκίσκου φιλέλφοιο πορόντος διφθέρας κ(αὶ) τἄλλα
	ἀναλώματα πάντα· ποιησαμένου ἑὸν κτῆμα
	πυκτίδα ἀρίστην ἄγαν· ἠδὲ σοφίας πλήρη: +

Type(s)	[3294] Ὧδε γεωγραφίη λάχε Στράβωνος τέλος ἤδη (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	12/08/1423
Manuscript	EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Τ.II.7 [12/08/1423]
Place in Manuscript	f. 307v
Person(s)	Patron Franciscus Philelphus (1398-1481) - RGK: II.520, III.606 - VGH: 105.B - PLP: XII.29803 Scribe George Chrysokokkes (15th c.) - RGK: II.95, III.127 - VGH: 86.G - PLP: XII.31141 (diakonos)
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram, written at the end of the manuscript, follows a non-metrical colophon.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Patron-related epigram Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Franciscus Philelphus (1398-1481) - RGK: II.520, III.606 - VGH: 105.B - PLP: XII.29803 George Chrysokokkes (15th c.) - RGK: II.95, III.127 - VGH: 86.G - PLP: XII.31141 (diakonos) Strabo (1st c. BC-1st c.)
Image source(s)	https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/15680#?xywh=498%2C907%2C1800%2C785&cv=618
Bibliography	Primary B. Atsalos 1972, Ἡ ὁρολογία τῶν χειρογράφων κατὰ τὴ βυζαντινὴ ἐποχή, μέρος δεύτερο: ἄλλες ὀνομασίες τῆς περγαμηνῆς, Ελληνικά, 25(1), 78-102: 90 E. Miller, 1848, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque de l'Escurial, Paris: 126-127 A. Revilla, 1936, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial (vol. 1), Madrid: 473
Number of verses	5
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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.
Permalink	http://www.dbbe.ugent.be/occurrences/19135

Last modified: 2025-12-10.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.