Occurrence 19570
(formerly occ/3079)

[ὁ] θέλ(ων) τὴν δέλτον δέρκ(ων) ταύτ(ην) διαναπτύξαι,
κατὰ τρυφ(ῶν) καὶ θεωρ(ῶν) τοῦ γράψ(αν)το(ς) τὴν τέχνην,
[μὴ] προτιμήσας μέμψοιτο μάλλον δὲ καὶ εὐχέσθω.
[εἰ] γὰρ καὶ σφάλ(ων) ἥμαρτ(ον) τοῦτο ἐξ ἀγνωσί(ας)
ἄν(θρωπ)ος γὰρ εἰμὶ θνητὸ(ς) κ(αὶ) προ(ς) παλαίω πάθει
[ε]ὔστοχον γὰρ κ(αὶ) ἀλαθ(ὲς) μόνω Θεῶ τυγχάν(ει)
ἡμεῖς δὲ σκοτεινώτ(α)τ(α) πάθει περιπλακέντ(ας)
[ἠ]χρίωτο ἐν σώματ(ι) κ(αὶ) τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ κάλλο(ς),
καὶ ἴσ(ως) γε μικρὰ τ(ῆς) τέχνης μικροτέρ(α).
[ἠ]λλοίωτο ἠχρίωτο φεῦ μοι τῷ ταλαιπώρ(α)
πεπλήρωτο γὰρ εἰς ἐμὲ ὁ τοῦ Χ(ριστο)ῦ μου λόγο(ς)
ὅτι τὸ ἔχοντι πολλ(ὰ) δοθήσετ(αι) καὶ ἔχει
καὶ τὸ λοιπ(ὸν) ἃ δεῖ κλῆρ(ον) κατέχω [...].
[ε]ὔχεσθαι ὑπερεύχεσθαι, ἀφ᾽(ὧν) γράψ(ας) κατέχω
καὶ Κηφ(ᾶς) Αἰτωλὸ(ς) γὰρ κέκληται ὁ ταῦτα [ξ]ύσ(ας)
[ἀ]νάξιος τε θύτ(ης) τ᾽ οὐπίκλ(ην) ὁ Διογένους
εὔξασθε οὖν συγχωρήσατε αἰῶν(ος) ἐς τελευτήν.
Type(s) [3645] Ὁ θέλων τὴν δέλτον δέρκων ταύτην διαναπτύξαι (17 verses)
Text source I. Hutter, 1982, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Oxford Bodleian Library III. Textband (vol. 3.1), Stuttgart: 263-264
Text status Text completely known
Date 1404
Manuscript OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Cromwell 5 [1404]
Place in Manuscript p. 449
Person(s)
Scribe
Kephas Diogenous of Epirus < Greece (15th c.) - RGK: I.214 - VGH: 109.A - PLP: III.5423 - PBE: - PBW: - PMBZ: (thytes)
Contextual information The epigram is followed by a colophon in prose, where the date is mentioned.
Metre(s) Decapentasyllable
Genre(s) Scribe-related epigram
Bibliography
Number of verses 17
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