Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22230
(formerly occ/6106)

	ἐπίγραμμα ὅπερ εἶπε πτολεμαῖος εἰς ἑαυτόν

	οἶδ' ὅτι, θνητὸς ἔφυν καὶ ἐφήμερος, ἀλλ' ὅταν ἄστρων
	μαστεύω, πυκινὰς ἀμφιδρόμους ἕλικας
	οὐκέτ' ἐπιψαύω γαίης ποσὶν, ἀλλὰ παρ’ αὐτῶ
	ζηνὶ, θεοτρεφέος πίμπλαμαι ἀμβροσίης

Type(s)	[2326] Οἶδ’, ὅτι θνατὸς ἐγὼ καὶ ἐφάμερος· ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἄστρων (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1401-1498
Manuscript	VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 388 (coll. 833) [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. IVv
Person(s)	Scribe Ioannes Rhosos of Crete < Greece - RGK: I.178, II.237, III.298 - VGH: 187.B - PLP: X.24574 (presbyteros)
Palaeographical information	The epigram, along with its Latin translation, accompanies a miniature of Ptolemy. It is written in golden ink, in Auszeichnungsmajuskel.
Contextual information	Mioni (1985: 143): 'epigramma, cui accedit eiudem epigramatis versio latina <a Nikolao Perotti> perfecta'. The epigram precedes the Geography of Ptolemy.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Image-related epigram
Subject(s)	Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.) Zeus
Bibliography	Primary E. Mioni, 1985, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 300-625 (vol. 2), Rome: 143 A. Zanetti, A. Bongiovanni, 1740, Biblioteca Marciana. Venezia - Cataloghi di codici greci. Catalogo del Fondo Antico., Venice: 185-186
Number of verses	4
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Ilse De Vos The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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