Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20470
(formerly occ/4134)

	Ἔσπευσαν ἄλλοι χρυσὸν εὑρ(εῖ)ν ἐν βίῳ:-
	ἄλλοι δὲ γῆν σπεύδουσιν ἢ καὶ μαργάρους:-
	Καὶ πάντα πλοῦτον προσλαβεῖν ἀπληστία:-
	ὁ δεσπότης δὲ τοῦ παρόντος βιβλίου:-
	οὐ μαργαρίτας οὐ λίθους οὐ χρυσίον
	τὴν καλλονὴν δὲ τῶν τοῦ προφήτου λόγων·
	σοφῶς ἀνευροῦς ἐξ ἔρωτος ἐνθέου:-
	ἔνθεν συνῆξε πλοῦτον ὃς μένει μόνος:-
	ῥεῖ πάντα γῆς γὰρ καὶ λόγος μένει μόνος:-
	ἂν οὐ(ρα)νούς, ἄν(θρωπ)ε, καὶ νέφη φθάσης:-
	κἂν γῆς παρέλθης ἄκρα καὶ \| πάντας τόπους,
	κὰν \| τοῖς ἐλάφοις ὑπε\|ραρθῆς εὐ\|δρόμοις
	λίθον \| τά\|φου τρίπηχυν οὐκ ὑπεκδρά\|μ\|η\|ς.

Type(s)	[1955] Ἔσπευσαν ἄλλοι χρυσὸν εὑρεῖν ἐν βίῳ (12 verses)
Text source	S. Kadas, 1996, Τά σημειώματα τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς Μονῆς Διονυσίου, Athos: 197
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1496
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 605 [1496]
Place in Manuscript	p. 552 -- (gen.) end of ms.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of the works of Isaac the Syrian.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Comment	Dionysiatis (1957: 238) offers different readings in the following instances: μαργάρους] μαργάροις προσλαβεῖν] πρόλαβεν ἀνευροῦς] ἀνευρῶν φθάσης] φθάσῃς κὰν]κἂν ὑπεραρθῆς] ὑπερθῆς εὐδρόμοις] ἐν τοῖς δρόμοις οὐχ ὑπεκδράμης] οὐκ ὑπεκδραμεῖς
Bibliography	Primary E. Dionysiatis 1957, Συμπληρωματικὸς κατάλογος ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Διονυσίου Ἁγίου Ὄρους, ἐπιμελείᾳ Κωνσταντίνου Ἀ. Μανάφη, Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (EEBS), 27, 233-271: 238 S. Mercati 1970, Su una poesia giambica nel codice 605 del monastero di Dionisio nel monte Athos, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 1), Bari, 618-620: 618 L. Politis, M. Manousakas, 1973, Συμπληρωματικοὶ κατάλογοι τῶν χειρογράφων τοῦ ἁγίου Ὄρους, Thessaloniki: 258
Number of verses	13
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