Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21115
(formerly occ/4836)

	ἐπίγραμμα εἰς τὴν εὐκλείδου γεωμετρίαν·

	εὐκλείδης νόον ὀξύν ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι,
	πάντα τε ἀτρεκέ(ως) ἐξερέεινε βροτοῖς·
	ὁππόσα μήσατο τηλεθοῶσα φύσις συμβαίνειν
	σχήμασιν, ἠδ᾽ ὄγκοις· θειμέλιόν γε τόδε
	πάσης μὲν τεκτηνάμενο(ς) σοφίης, κόσμῳ δὲ
	παντὶ, ἑῆς προλιπὼν σύμβολον εὐμαθίης:~

Type(s)	[3613] Εὐκλείδης νόον ὤξυν’ ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1476-1500
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana N 289 sup. [1476-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1r
Palaeographical information	Written in the lower margin. Title in red ink.
Contextual information	Written under the firs lines of Euclid's Geometria.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Euclid (4th c. BC - 3rd c. BC)
Image source(s)	http://213.21.172.25/0b02da82800bcd5a
Bibliography	Secondary E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 2), Milan: 676
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[19535] Ἐυκλείδης νόον ὄξυν᾽ ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 2 [14th c.] (f. 319r) (6 verses) (6/6) [19348] Εὐκλείδ(ης) νόον ὀξὺν ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι [11th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 28, Cod. 3 [11th c.] (f. 189r) (6 verses) (6/6) [21001] Εὐκλείδ(ης) νόον ὀξὺν ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι [13th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 61 sup. [13th c.] (f. 144v) (6 verses) (6/6) [19770] Ἐυκλείδης νόον ὅξυν᾽ ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι [1501-1550] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III C 9 [1501-1550] (f. 17r) (6 verses) (6/6) [19738] εὐκλείδης. νόον ὄξυν᾽ ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι [888] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - D'Orville 301 [01/09/888-30/09/888] (f. 387v) (6 verses) (6/6) [26970] Εὐκλείδης νόον ὤξυν᾽ ἀειζώοις γραμμαῖσι [15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 193 [15th c.] (f. 1r) (6 verses) (6/6) display 3 more occurrences (6 in total) hide 3 occurrences (6 in total)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri, Noor Vanhoe The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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