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Occurrence 21953
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	εἰς θεόδωρ(ον) γαζῆν τοῦ χαλκοκ(...)

	+ ἡ ἀτρεκὴς σοφίη δηρὸν χθονίους προλιποῦσα
	νοῦν θεόδωρ(ου) δεῦρ' ἥδ’ ἤλυθεν εὐραμένη·
	αὐδὴν τῷ μοῦσαι δόσαν ἑλλάδα τ’ αὐσονίην τε
	ὡς σοφίης μεταδῶ ἀμφοτέρῳ γένει·
	νῦν δὲ θανὼν φεῦ ἤπιος ὢν λίπεν ἄλγεα πᾶσι·
	ψυχὴ δ’ ἐς μακάρ(ων) ᾤχετ’ ἀποπταμένη·

Type(s)	[4487] Ἡ ἀτρεκὴς σοφίη δηρὸν χθονίους προλιποῦσα (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4621 (olim N 72) [1476-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 2r
Palaeographical information	Written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Theodore Gazes (1398-1478) - RGK: I.128, II.165, III.211 - VGH: 137.A - PLP: II.3450
Image source(s)	http://bdh-rd.bne.es/viewer.vm?id=0000243133&page=8
Bibliography	Primary J. Iriarte, 1769, Regiae Bibliothecae Matritensis codices graeci mss., Madrid: 257 É. Legrand, 1885, Bibliographie Hellénique ou description raisonnée des ouvrages publiés par des Grecs aux XVe et XVIe siècles (vol. 1), Paris: XLI F. Pontani, 2002, Angeli Politiani liber epigrammatum Graecorum, Rome: LXII n. 66 Secondary G. de Andrés Martínez, 1987, Catálogo de los códices griegos de la Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid: 138
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[35060] Ἡ ἀτρεκὴς σοφίη δηρὸν χθονίους προλιποῦσα [1451-1500] MADRID - Biblioteca Nacional 4636 (olim N.115) [15th c.] (f. 216v) (6 verses) (6/6) [20951] Ἡ ἀτρεκὴς σοφίη δηρὸν χθονίους προλιποῦσα [1476-1500] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 26 sup. [1476-1500] (f. IIr) (6 verses) (6/6) [21947] ἡ ἀτρεκὴς σοφίη δηρὸν χθονίους προλιποῦσα [15th c.] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 237 [1475] (f. 3r) (6 verses) (6/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande, Rachele Ricceri, Sien De Groot, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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