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Occurrence 19590
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	Βίβλος πέφυκα, πρὸς γηροτρόφους λόγους·
	γηρῶσα τῷ νῷ, καὶ νεάζουσα πάλιν
	τῶν γραμμάτων καίκισιν ἐκ πολλαχόθεν·
	τοίνυν πρὸς ἔνδον εἰσφέρω τῶν ἐγκάτων·
	βίους ἀνάκτων, τῆς νέας ῥωμαΐδος·
	ῥώμης παλαιτάτης τε καὶ τριπεμπέλου,
	πολλῶν τε πάντων τῶν βεβασιλευκότων·
	πέρσαις τὲ χαλδέοις τὲ, καὶ ἀσυρίοις·
	πόνημα καὶ γὰρ πανσόφου κωνσταντίνου,
	πέλω μανασσῆ, τοῦ γραμματικοτάτου.
	χεὶρ γάρ με ἡ πρότερον, ἦν γεγραφυῖα,
	τοῦ πελεκανόπουλου ἐκείνου γεωργίου·
	ὃς χώρας ἦν γέννημα τῆς κυδαλίμου,
	τῆς τε κραναῆς, τῶν μονεμβασιότων·
	νῦν δὲ (...) γέγραμμαι (...):-

Type(s)	[3720] Βίβλος πέφυκα πρὸς λόγους γηροτρόφους (18 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	FLORENCE - Biblioteca Riccardiana 62 [14th-15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 23v
Person(s)	Scribe Georgios Pelekanopoulos (15th c.)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Comment	The last seven verses are a variant of the composer: Samberger (1965: I.175) considers them as two different compositions, but it's a unique one. The last three verses have been erased.
Bibliography	Primary C. Samberger, 1965, Catalogi codicum graecorum qui in minoribus bibliothecis Italicis asservantur (vol. 1), Leipzig: 175
Number of verses	18
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri, Sien De Groot The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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