Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21117
(formerly occ/4838)

	+ τοῦ αυτοῦ εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ ἕτεροι·

	Εἰς πόλον εἰ γαίηθεν ἴδης, ἅμα πάντα δοκεύεις,
	εἰς χθόνα δ' οὐρανὸν ἐισαναβὰς, ἅμα πᾶσαν ἂν εἶδες,
	νῦν οὖν πᾶσαν ὁρῶν ἅμα γῆν, ἔμεν ἐς πόλον οἴου:~

Type(s)	[3828] Εἰς πόλον εἰ γαίηθεν ἴδῃς, ἅμα πάντα δοκεύεις (3 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. 40r
Palaeographical information	First word and title written in red ink.
Contextual information	It follows another epigram on Ptolemy.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.)
Image source(s)	http://213.21.172.25/0b02da82800bcd5a
Bibliography	Primary A. Gabriel, 1968, A Summary Catalogue of Microfilms of One Thousand Scientific Manuscripts in The Ambrosiana Library, Milan, Notre Dame, Indiana: 290 E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 2), Milan: 676 K. Nobbe, 1843, Claudii Ptolemaei Geographia (vol. 1), Hildesheim: Secondary W. Hörandner 2007, Zur Topik byzantinischer Widmungs- und Einleitungsgedichte, in V. Panagl (ed.), Dulce Melos: La poesia tardoantica e medievale: Atti del III Convegno internazionale di studi, Vienna, 15-18 novembre 2004, Alessandria, 319-335: 331
Number of verses	3
Related occurrence(s)	[23185] Εἰς πόλον ἐι γαίηθεν ἴδης, ἅμα πάντα δοκεύεις [1376-1425] LONDON - British Library - Burney 111 [1376-1425] (f. 2v) (3 verses) (3/3) [19768] Εἰς πόλον εἰγαίηθην ἴδης, ἅμα πάντα δοκεύεις [1351-1400] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III C 3 [1351-1400] (f. 3v) (3 verses) (3/3)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, 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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