Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19801
(formerly occ/3373)

+ πολλῶν πόνων ἔραναν ἠκριβωμ(έν)η·
οὐδὲν | περιττὸν οὐδὲ λεῖπον ἐνθάδε·
τὰ πάντα | δ' ὡς χρὴ· καὶ καλῶς ἐσκεμμένα·
χάρις δὲ | πᾶσα τῶ τιμίω προδρόμω·
τῶ δόντι ἰσχὺν, | δωροθέω τῶ παντλίμω·
ἵνα ταῦτα γράψειεν, | εἰ καὶ σφαλμένα : +
Type(s) [3846] Πολλῶν πόνων ἔραναν ἠκριβωμένοι (6 verses)
Text source
Text status Text completely known
Date 1496
Manuscript ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagia Trias 53 [1496]
Place in Manuscript f. 96r
Person(s)
Scribe
Dorotheos (15th c.)
Contextual information Written at the end of the December menaion, preceded by another epigram: 'Τῷ συμπληρωτῇ τῶν καλῶν, Θ(ε)ῷ δόξα'. Followed by the year inscription.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s) John the Baptist (10 BC-1 BC - 1st c.)
Comment The fifth verse has a faulty metre of thirteen syllables in stead of the expected twelve syllables, probably due to the insertion of the name of the scribe.
Bibliography

Primary

A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 380
Number of verses 6
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Raf Praet
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Lev Shadrin

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