Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21232
(formerly occ/4974)

ἄλλοις μὲν ἄλλα αἱρετὰ καὶ θυμήρη
ἐσθλὰ ἢ φαῦλ' ὡς ἄλλο πέφυκέ πως,
ἐμοὶ δὲ μόνη λόγου σύνεσιν (sic) πέλει
ποθεινὴ καὶ τημία καὶ ὑπερτέρα
πάντων ἡδέων καὶ τερπνῶν τῶν τοῦ βίου.
ἢν μοι ἔνσταξον ἐν καρδίᾳ, σῶτέρ μου,
ἵν' ἐνιοῦσα (?) τὴν ἄχραντον καὶ θεῖαν
τήνδε σου πυκτὶν συνιῶ καὶ τηρῶ σου
ἀπρίξ τὰ ἐντάλματα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ·
.... οντᾶς τὰ βλάσιος δεῖται .
... κτῆμα πέφυκεν ἡ τῇδε βίβλος
Type(s) [2866] Ἄλλοις μὲν ἄλλα αἱρετὰ καὶ θυμήρη (11 verses)
Text source G. Fraccaroli 1897, Dei codici greci del monastero del SS. Salvatore che si conservano nella biblioteca universitaria di Messina, Studi Italiani di Filologia Classica (SIFC), 5, 487-514: 506
Text status Text completely known
Date 1149
Manuscript MESSINA - Biblioteca Universitaria - S. Salv. 172 [1149]
Place in Manuscript f. 196v
Person(s)
Patron
Blasios (12th c.) - VGH: 60.C
Palaeographical information Written in partially vanished red ink.
Contextual information This poem is followed by a short colophon in prose indicating the date of the ms.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s) Lake IX, plate 652.
Bibliography

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Number of verses 11
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Raf Praet
Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri, Eleonora Lauro

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