Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19739
(formerly occ/3288)

	εὐκλείδης μέτρων ἀψευδέας (?) εὗρε κελεύθους
	γρ(...) καὶ κέντρω κύκλον ἐρεισάμενος

Type(s)	[3806] Εὐκλείδης μέτρων ἀψευδέας εὗρε κελεύθους (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	01/09/888-30/09/888
Manuscript	OXFORD - Bodleian Library - D'Orville 301 [01/09/888-30/09/888]
Place in Manuscript	f. 5v
Person(s)	Patron Arethas (9th c. - 10th c.) - VGH: 41.T, 404.E - PMBZ: 22707: "Personenkennziffer: 20554" (episkopos of Kaisareia < Cappadocia) Scribe Stephanos (9th c.) - RGK: I.365 - VGH: 404.E - PMBZ: 29392: "Personenkennziffer: 27238"
Palaeographical information	Written in Auszeichnungsmajuskel. Ink partly vanished.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Euclid (4th c. BC - 3rd c. BC)
Comment	Madan (1897: 104): 'Γραμμῇ καὶ κέντρῳ κάλλον [?] [I read κύκλον. E. W. B. N.] ἐρεισάμενος,'.
Image source(s)	https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/d4a23501-0b98-4aff-acd6-fe06fe9b62e3/surfaces/71765c51-fe75-49fb-b773-07846296fabe
Bibliography	Primary J. D'Orville, T. Gaisford, 1806, Codices manuscripti et impressi cum notis manuscriptis olim d'Orvilliani qui in bibliotheca Bodleiana apud Oxonienses adservantur., Oxford: 77 F. Madan, 1897, A Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been Catalogued in the Quarto Series with References to the Oriental and Other Manuscripts. Collections received during the first half of the 19th Century: n° 16670-24330 (vol. 4), Oxford: 104
Number of verses	2
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Julián Bértola Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Renaat Meesters, Ilse De Vos, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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