Type(s) |
[3479] Τοῦτον ἀνὴρ Γαζῆς λόγιός τε φίλος τε Φιλέλφῳ
(2 verses)
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Text source |
DBBE
(Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
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Text status |
Text completely known |
Date |
1440-1443 |
Manuscript |
FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 32, Cod. 1 [1440-1443]
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Place in Manuscript |
f. 654v |
Person(s) |
- Patron
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Franciscus Philelphus (1398-1481) - RGK: II.520, III.606 - VGH: 105.B - PLP: XII.29803
- Scribe
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Palaeographical information |
Written in red Auszeichnungsmajuskel. |
Contextual information |
The epigram is followed by a Latin translation: 'Eloquio pollens gazes et amore philelfo hunc mihi francisco theodorus scripsit homerum'. |
Metre(s) |
Dactylic hexameter
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Genre(s) |
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Subject(s) |
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Comment |
According to some authors, these verses might be from the hand of Franciscus Philelphus, based on palaeographical grounds and the fact that the first person speaking in the epigram is Philelphus (cf. Pontani (1992: 116-117) and Speranzi (2012: 331, n. 26) with further literature). |
Image source(s) |
http://mss.bmlonline.it/s.aspx?Id=AWOIexcBI1A4r7GxMH6g&c=Homeri%20Rhapsodia,%20quam%20scripsit%20Theodorus%20Gaza#/oro/1316
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Bibliography |
Primary
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A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 121
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D. Speranzi 2011, L'eredita di Bisanzio nelle biblioteche dei Medici, in M. Bernabò (ed.), Voci dell'Oriente. Miniature e testi classici da Bisanzio alla Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, 193-243: 222
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D. Speranzi 2012, "De' libri che furono di Teodoro": una mano, due pratiche e una biblioteca scomparsa, Medioevo e rinascimento, 26, 319-354: 331
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Number of verses |
2 |
Acknowledgements |
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Permalink |
https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/occurrences/19389 |