Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19690
(formerly occ/3234)

	ἰαμβεῖα εἰς τὸν δ(αβί)δ:·

	Ἀδάμ κατάρξας τοῦ βροτησίου γένους:·
	νόμον δέδεκται θεῖον εἰς πειθαρχίαν:
	διὰ προσεξίαν δὲ πίπτει πρὸς μόρ(ον)·
	ῥεμφθεὶς ἀβούλως εἰς φυτὸν βροτοκτόν(ον):
	φυτὸ δὲ αὖθις πρὸς πλακεῖς ὁ δεσπότ(ης):
	ἔδειξ(εν) ἡμῖν καινὰ πάντα καὶ ξένα:·
	ἀφαρπᾶσας γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐξάδου τότε:·

Type(s)	[3781] Ἀδαμ κατάρξας τοῦ βροτησίου γένους (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1116
Manuscript	MESSINA - Biblioteca Universitaria - S. Salv. 117 [1115-1116]
Place in Manuscript	f. 238v
Person(s)	Scribe Leon of Rhegion < Calabria < Southern Italy < Italy (12th c.) - RGK: III.390 - VGH: 262.D (notarios)
Palaeographical information	The title is in majuscule letters.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Adam Holy Cross Holy Trinity Psalter
Comment	The title doesn't seem to deal with the poem itself.
Bibliography	Primary A. Mancini, 1907, Codices graeci monasterii Messanensis S. Salvatoris, Messina: 184 G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 239
Number of verses	7
Related occurrence(s)	[22957] Ἀδὰμ κατάρξας τοῦ βροτησίου γένους [14th-15th c.] GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Ζ. γ. VII [14th-15th c.] (f. 188r-188v) (1 verse) (1/7)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri, Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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