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Occurrence 21908
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Type(s)	[3493] Τήνδε Λυκοφρονέην τὴν βαρβαρόφωνον ἰυγὴν (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	02/06/1255
Manuscript	EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca R.I.18 [02/06/1255]
Place in Manuscript	f. 101v
Person(s)	Scribe Ioannes Neretenos (13th c.) - RGK: III.327 - VGH: 181.A (hiereus)
Palaeographical information	Written in two columns, to be read horizontally. The scriptio inferior of this part of the manuscript contains the homily 'Quomodo animam acceperit Adamus'.
Contextual information	The epigram is the first in a series of three book epigrams, written at the end of Lycophron's 'Alexandra'.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Isaak Tzetzes - PBW: Isaakios/106/ Lycophron (3rd c. BC)
Image source(s)	https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/15791#?xywh=-581%2C987%2C3290%2C1436&cv=204
Bibliography	Primary A. Revilla, 1936, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial (vol. 1), Madrid: 67
Number of verses	4
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Rachele Ricceri Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, 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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