Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21172
(formerly occ/4908)

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ζω(ῆς) ὅρους εἴρηκα κ(αὶ) τρόπ(ους) τέλ(ους),
οὐ κατ' ἀποκλήρωσ(ιν) οὐ πεπρωμ(έ)ν(ους),
ἀλλ' ὡς προγνώσει τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ τεταγμ(έν)(ους),
τοσόνδε τοῦδε τῶ βίω διδοῖ χρόνον
(καὶ) συμμέτρ(ως) ἄλλω δὲ πλατύνει θέλων,
τινῶν δ' ἐπὶ μήκιστον ἐκτείνει βίον,
ἀλλ' οἶδεν ἀλλ' ἔγνωκε τ(οὺς) λόγους μόνος,
(ὡς) ἐμβατεύων (καὶ) νεφροῖς κ(αὶ) καρδίᾳ
(καὶ) κρίσ(ιν) ἀσύγκριτον ἐν πᾶσ(ιν) ἔχων:~
Type(s) [4621] Ἀκροπολίτης εὐσεβὴς Κωνσταντῖνος (11 verses)
Text source DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 14th c.
Manuscript MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 81 sup. [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 219r
Palaeographical information The first two verses have been erased.
Written in columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information Martini-Bassi (1906: 534): 'Sermo 21 (...) versus autem ζωῆς ὅρους etc. leguntur in fine sermonis'.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s) Konstantinos Akropolites (13th c. - 14th c.) - PLP: I.520 (logothetes)
Bibliography

Primary
Number of verses 11
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Raf Praet
Transcriber(s)
Nina Sietis
Contributor(s)
Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri

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