Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21763
(formerly occ/5620)

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	ὢ πόσα δραμῶν οὐδὲν εὔρ(ειν) τω βίω \|
	πλὴν τὴν λάρνακα τὴν λύσ(ιν) εἰκόνος· \|
	τάφος μαραίνει κ(αὶ) καλύπτει με λίθος· \|
	ἡ γῆ λαμβάνει τ(ὸν) έξ αὐτῆς τεχθέντα· \|
	καλλίστω μέμνεσω τῶ ταπεινῶ καὶ \| ξένω
	τ(ὸν) έκ πόθου γράψαντα τὴν βίβλον \| ταύτην·
	εὔχεσθε τῶ ξένω τ(ὸν) τῆς ταρ\|σοῦ
	χρειματήσαν ποιμένα· τῶ ταπεινῶ \|
	κ(αὶ) ἰδιώτη τὴν γνώσ(ιν) ἀλλ᾽ οὐδὲ τὴν πί\|στ(ιν):

Type(s)	[5046] Ὢ πόσα δραμὼν οὐδὲν εὕρειν τῷ βίῳ (9 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1431
Manuscript	ROME - Biblioteca Angelica gr. 65 (B.4.16) [1431]
Place in Manuscript	f. 397v
Person(s)	Scribe Kallistos (1401-1450) - RGK: III.350 - VGH: 226.I - PLP: V.10464 (episkopos of Tarsos < Asia Minor < Turkey)
Palaeographical information	The initial ω is written in red ink.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s)	http://www.internetculturale.it/jmms/iccuviewer/iccu.jsp?id=oai%3Awww.internetculturale.sbn.it%2FTeca%3A20%3ANT0000%3ACNMD%5C%5C0000116929&mode=all&teca=MagTeca+-+ICCU&viewType=onepage&mediaType=image&objectIndex=817
Bibliography	Primary C. Samberger, 1968, Catalogi codicum graecorum qui in minoribus bibliothecis Italicis asservantur (vol. 2), Leipzig: 130-131
Number of verses	9
Related occurrence(s)	[30885] τὸν ἐκ πόθου κτίσαντα τήνδε τὴν βίβλον [1111] LONDON - British Library - Add. 28816 [1111] (f. 104v) (1 verse) (1/9) [22107] Πύλη νοητὴ τοῦ θεαν(θρώπ)ου λόγου [1347] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 917A [1347] (f. 108v) (32 verses) (1/9) [22012] Τὸν ἐκ πόθου κτήσαντα τὴν βίβλον ταύτην [1101-1125] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1231 [1101-1125] (f. 456v) (3 verses) (1/9) [22367] τὸν ἐκ πόθου κτήσαντα. τὸν \| κεκτημένον [12th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. I 3 [12th c.] (f. 299v) (3 verses) (1/9)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Contributor(s) Sien De Groot The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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