Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22231
(formerly occ/6107)

Στίχοι ἡρωϊκοὶ· εἰς τὴν πτολημαίου χωρο|γραφίαν:·
 
Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον·· |
ἄρκτους, ὠκεανὸν, δύσιν, ἀντολίην τε, νότον | τε··
χεῖμα, θέρος, φυσικάς τʹ ἀτραποὺς, | σκολιάς τε κελεύθους. ·
αἰθίοπας τʹ ἀνδρανεῖς, | γερμανῶν, δύσμορα φῦλα, ·
σαυρομάτας | χοίροισιν ἐοικότας· ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτῆς··
αἰνομόρου | σκυθίης χαλεπὸν γένος ἄχρις ἐς ἠῶ··
ἰνδῶν τε σηρῶν τε | τὸ. γὰρ πέρας ἀντολίης γῆς:·
Type(s) [3244] Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον (7 verses)
Text source DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 15th c.
Manuscript VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 388 (coll. 833) [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 101r
Palaeographical information Title in red ink, decorated initial in golden ink. The verses are separated by means of red dots.
Contextual information The epigram is written at the end of Ptolemy's Geography.
Metre(s) Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)
Subject(s) Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.)
Bibliography

Primary

E. Mioni, 1985, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 300-625 (vol. 2), Rome: 144
Number of verses 7
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Maria Tomadaki
Transcriber(s)
Rachele Ricceri
Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Noor Vanhoe

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