Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19770
(formerly occ/3327)

	Ἐπίγραμμα εἰς τὴν Εὐκλείδου Γεωμετρίαν

	Ἐυκλείδης νόον ὅξυν᾽ ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι
	Πάντα τε ἀτρεκέως ἐξερέεινε βροτοῖς,
	Ὀπόσα μήσατο τηλεθόωσα φύσις βυμβαίνειν
	Σχήμασιν, ἠδ᾽ ὄγκοις θειμήιον γε τὸδε.
	Πάσης μὲν τεκτηνάμενης σοφίης κόσμῳ δὲ
	Παντὶ ἑῆς προλιπὼν σύμβολον εὐμαθίης.

Type(s)	[3613] Εὐκλείδης νόον ὤξυν’ ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι (6 verses)
Text source	S. Cyrillus, 1832, Codices graeci mss Regiae Bibliothecae Borbonicae (vol. 2), Napels: 353
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1501-1550
Manuscript	NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III C 9 [1501-1550]
Place in Manuscript	f. 17r
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Euclid's Elementa.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Euclid (4th c. BC - 3rd c. BC)
Comment	Title from Formentin-Richetti-Siben (2015: 98).
Bibliography	Primary M. Formentin, F. Richetti, L. Siben, 2015, Catalogus codicum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Neapolitanae (vol. 3), Roma: 98
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[19535] Ἐυκλείδης νόον ὄξυν᾽ ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 2 [14th c.] (f. 319r) (6 verses) (6/6) [19348] Εὐκλείδ(ης) νόον ὀξὺν ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι [11th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 3 [11th c.] (f. 189r) (6 verses) (6/6) [21001] Εὐκλείδ(ης) νόον ὀξὺν ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι [13th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 61 sup. [13th c.] (f. 144v) (6 verses) (6/6) [21115] εὐκλείδης νόον ὀξύν ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι [1476-1500] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana N 289 sup. [1476-1500] (f. 1r) (6 verses) (6/6) [19738] εὐκλείδης. νόον ὄξυν᾽ ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι [888] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - D'Orville 301 [01/09/888-30/09/888] (f. 387v) (6 verses) (6/6) [26970] Εὐκλείδης νόον ὤξυν᾽ ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι [15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 193 [15th c.] (f. 1r) (6 verses) (6/6) display 3 more occurrences (6 in total) hide 3 occurrences (6 in total)
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