Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21193
(formerly occ/4929)

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	ἔστιν ἴος νῆσος μ(ητ)ρ(ὸ)ς πατρὶς ἥ σε θανόντα·
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Type(s)	[4639] Ἔστιν Ἴος νῆσος μητρὸς πατρίς, ἥ σε θανόντα (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1276
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana I 4 sup. [1276]
Place in Manuscript	f. 227r
Person(s)	Scribe Meletios son of Neilos (13th c.) - PLP: VII.17729
Palaeographical information	Written on two columns, to be read horizontally. Title written in red ink.
Contextual information	This poem is the ninth in a series of eleven epigrams.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Homer (8th c. BC) Ios
Bibliography	Primary F. Maltomini 2015, Una silloge di epigrammi su Omero (e alcuni inediti bizantini), Materiali e discussioni per l'analisi dei testi classici, 75, 151-175: 170 F. Valerio 2016, Analecta Byzantina, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 16, 255-302: 270 Secondary E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 1), Milan: 541
Number of verses	2
Related occurrence(s)	[24175] ἔστιν ἴος νῆσο(ς) μ(ητ)ρ(ὸ)ς πατρίς· ἥ σε θανόντα [1291] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 139 [1291] (f. 243v) (2 verses) (2/2) [24116] Ἔστιν ἴος νῆσος μητρὸς πατρὶς, ἤ σε θανόντα [1466] LONDON - British Library - Harley 5600 [1466] (f. 14r) (2 verses) (2/2) [24188] Ἔστιν Ἴος νῆσος μητρὸς πατρίς, ἥ σε θανόντα [1292] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 29 [1292] ((unsure) f. 484r) (2 verses) (2/2) [24219] στιν ἴος νῆσος \| μητρὸ(ς) πατρίς \| ἥ σε θανόντα [1276-1325] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 915 [1276-1325] (f. 196v) (2 verses) (2/2) [22450] ἔστιν ἴος νῆσος μητρὸς πατρὶς ἥ σε \| θανόντα [1486] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. IX 16 [10/01/1486] (f. 404r) (2 verses) (2/2)
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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