Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20835
(formerly occ/4536)

	ρωικοὶ στίχ(οι) ερὶ τῆς ἐνταῦθα ματαιότ(η)τος

	ἰπὲ ποῦ ἡ χθὲς ἔβη· ἡ δ’ αὔριον εἰπέ ποῦ ἐστὶν
	εἰπὲ δ' ὅθεν προέβης (καὶ) ποῦ ὁδοιπορέεις·
	(καὶ) τὶ μέγα ζώειν γε τὸν αὐτίκα νεκρ(ὸν) ἐόντα·
	ὁ χρόνος ἀπατέει· φύλλῳ ἔοικε φύσις·
	γαῖα βροτὸς (καὶ) ὕδωρ· τὰ ἀπ’ αὐτώσφιν εἰς τάδε δύνει·
	ὥστε μάτην ὁ βίος καὶ ὅσα τις πονέει:~

Type(s)	[3147] Εἰπὲ ποῦ ἡ χθὲς ἔβη, ἡ δ’ αὔριον εἰπὲ ποῦ ἐστιν (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1481
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana C 24 sup. [1481]
Place in Manuscript	f. 96v
Palaeographical information	Written by the scribe who writes the commentaries.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Comment	Initials are missing.
Bibliography	Secondary E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 1), Milan: 185
Number of verses	6
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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