| Type(s) |
[3732] Σαφῶς τὸ κάλλος τῆς γραφῆς ἐγγυμνάσας
(12 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 |
926-975 |
| Manuscript |
GENOA - Biblioteca Franzoniana - Urbani 17 [926-975]
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| Place in Manuscript |
f. 1r |
| Person(s) |
- Patron
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Ioseph (10th c.) - VGH: 222.H - PMBZ: 25679: "Personenkennziffer: 23525"
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| Palaeographical information |
Written in red ink, in konstantinopolitanische Auszeichnungsmajuskel.
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| Contextual information |
The epigram is written inside a double circle, decorated with colorful loops, surrounded by a rectangular frame. A pair of birds is depicted above the circle, one of which is drinking from a water vessel. |
| Metre(s) |
Dodecasyllable
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| Genre(s) |
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| Subject(s) |
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| Comment |
The tenth verse, which inserts the name of the sponsor of the manuscript, is metrically incorrect, as it has only ten syllables. |
| Bibliography |
Primary
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A. Cataldi Palau, 1990, Catalogo dei manoscritti greci della Bibliotheca Franzoniana (Genova) (Urbani 2-20), Rome: 101
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A. Cataldi Palau 2006, Ancora sui manoscritti di Teodosio IV Princeps: II Codice di Genova, Biblioteca Franzoniana, Urbani 17, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 99, 69-71: 70
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F. D'Aiuto, A. Sirinian 1999, Un carme bizantino in onore degli evangelisti e la sua versione armena nel Vat. Gr. 1445, Rivista di Studi Bizantini e Neoellenici (RSBN), 36, 121-169: 151
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S. Dufrenne 1991, Rubricateurs et ornemanistes dans les manuscrits écrites en minuscule bouletées, in D. Harlfinger, G. Prato (eds.), Paleografia e Codicologia greca (vol. 1), Alessandria, 305-319: 314-316
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A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 335-337, 677 (image: plate CVIII)
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C. Samberger, 1965, Catalogi codicum graecorum qui in minoribus bibliothecis Italicis asservantur (vol. 1), Leipzig: 275
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| Number of verses |
12 |
| Acknowledgements |
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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| Permalink |
https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/occurrences/19604 |
