Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21871
(formerly occ/5734)

	καὶ ἡ ἀνάγκη ἡ πολλὴ ἀτυχι(ῶν) τὰ πλήθη·
	καὶ ἡ τοῦ βίου μέ\|ριμνα ἐσκότισ(εν) τὸν νοῦν μου·

Type(s)	[5111] Καὶ ἡ ἀνάγκη ἡ πολλὴ ἀτυχιῶν τὰ πλήθη (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	01/12/1292
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1877 [01/12/1292]
Place in Manuscript	f. 177v
Person(s)	Scribe Paulos Korinthios of Traïna < Sicily < Southern Italy < Italy (13th c.) - RGK: III.536 - VGH: 377.F - PLP: VI.13194 (monachos of the Monastery of the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul < Agro < Sicily < Southern Italy < Italy, monachos of the Theotokos of Mili Monastery < Messina < Sicily < Southern Italy < Italy)
Contextual information	The epigram is followed by a non metrical verse: 'καὶ δια τοῦ εὐκερου ἐσφαλιν εἰς τὸ γραψ(αι):+'.
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s)	Turyn (1964), Tab. 176.
Bibliography	Primary I. Hutter, 2022, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Corpus der Italogriechischen dekorierten Handschriften der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (vol. 6.2), Stuttgart: 860 A. Turyn, 1964, Codices graeci vaticani saeculis XIII et XIV scripti annorumque notis instructi, Vatican City: 83
Number of verses	2
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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