Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20200
(formerly occ/3847)

κεντῶ (κραζῶ?) νικόλ(αν) καὶ νικόλας οὐ τρέχει
τῶν γὰρ ἀγαθῶν, φεῦ, ὅλων ἀποτρέχει.
γηραιὸς ἀνὴρ καὶ μοχθῶν οὐ μανθάνει·
γηράσασα γὰρ ἡ φύσις ἀπεψύγη
εντεῦθεν ὥσπερ ξηρὰ προσμένουσά πως·
ἄνικμός ἐστι καὶ λοιπὸν οὐ μανθάνει.
ἂν οὖν ποθῇς, ἄνθρωπε, καὶ μαθεῖν θέλεις
(...)
This is a partially unknown text. The numbers on the left are there for reference purposes only and do not necessarily correspond with the actual verse number.
Type(s) [4096] Κεντῶ νικόλαν καὶ νικόλας οὐ τρέχει (8 verses)
Text source W. Koster 1933, De codice fragmentum scholiorum metricorum ad Pindarum continente, Mnemosyne, 1(3), 181-188: 184 (Bibliography)
Text status Text partially unknown
Date 1291-1300
Manuscript FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 72, Cod. 14 [1291-1300]
Place in Manuscript f. 74r
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Comment Koster (1934: 184): 'Unus vel plures versus tertii perierunt margine inferiore abscisso'.
Image source(s) http://teca.bmlonline.it/ImageViewer/servlet/ImageViewer?idr=TECA0000872126&keyworks=plut.72.14#page/155/mode/1up
Bibliography

Primary

P. Moraux, D. Harlfinger, D. Reinsch, J. Wiesner, 1976, Aristoteles Graecus. Die griechischen Manuskripte des Aristoteles. Alexandrien-London (vol. 1), Berlin-New York: 482
Number of verses 8
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Raf Praet
Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Lotte van Olmen

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