Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20717
(formerly occ/4411)

	Τῆς μουσικῆς ἔλεξε βαχεῖος γέρων·
	τόνους \| τρόπους· μέλη τε καὶ συμφωνίας·
	τούτω \| συνωδὰ διονύσιος γράφων·
	τὸν παμ\|μεγίσθον δεσπότ(ην) κωνσταντ(ι)ν(ον)·
	σοφ(ὸν) ἐραστὴν, \|\| δέκνυσι τεχνημάτων·
	τ(ὸν) τῶν ἁπάντ(ων) \| γὰρ σοφῶν πεδευμάτων·
	ἐφευρετήν τε \| καὶ δότην πεφηνότα·
	ταύτης προσῆ\|κεν οὐδαμῶς εἶναι ξένον:-

Type(s)	[4372] Τῆς μουσικῆς ἔλεξε Βακχεῖος γέρων (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	July 1433
Manuscript	SALAMANCA - Biblioteca Universitaria 2748 [July 1433]
Place in Manuscript	f. 134r-134v
Contextual information	The epigram follows Bacchius' Εἰσαγωγὴ τέχνης μουσικῆς.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Patron-related epigram
Subject(s)	Bakcheios Geron (3rd-4th c.) Dionysios Konstantinos VII Porphyrogennetos (May 905 - 09/11/959) - PBW: Konstantinos/7/ - PMBZ: 25888: "Personenkennziffer: 23734" Music
Image source(s)	https://gredos.usal.es/handle/10366/149547
Bibliography	Primary C. Graux, A. Martin, 1892, Rapport sur une mission en Espagne et en Portugal. Notices sommaires des manuscrits grecs d' Espagne et de Portugal, Paris: 117
Number of verses	8
Related occurrence(s)	[21138] Τῆς μουσικῆς ἔλεξε βακχεῖος γέρων [1451-1500] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 215 [1451-1500] (f. 457r) (8 verses) (8/8) [22447] Τῆς μουσικῆς ἔλεξε Βακχεῖος Γέρων [1176-1200] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. VI 10 [1151-1200] (f. 205r) (8 verses) (8/8)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, 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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