Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21216
(formerly occ/4953)

	+ (καὶ) βάτραχοι φωνοῦσι(ν), ἀλλ’ ἐκ πελμ(ά)τ(ων)
	κ(αὶ) κύν(ες) ὑλακτοῦσιν, ἀλλὰ μακρόθεν·
	(καὶ) σκάνθαροι παίζουσ(ιν) ἀλλ’ ἐν κοπρία.
	οὐκοῦν τί καιν(ὸν) εἰ λαλοῦσι κ(αὶ) λίθοι,
	μικρ(ῶν) (...)

Type(s)	[4100] Καὶ βάτραχοι φωνοῦσιν, ἀλλ’ ἐκ τελμάτων (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	13th-14th c.
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana L 73 sup. [13th-14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. VIIv
Palaeographical information	Written on two columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information	The poem follows another introductory epigram.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Bibliography	Primary E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 1), Milan: 587
Number of verses	5
Related occurrence(s)	[20206] καὶ βάτραχοι φωνοῦσιν ἀλλ’ ἐκ πελμάτων [15th c.] BOLOGNA - Biblioteca Universitaria 4238 [15th c.] (f. 120v) (5 verses) (4/5)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet 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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Last modified: 2021-02-10.