Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22442
(formerly occ/6325)

	στίχοι˙

	+θύτου εὐτελοὺς ταυτὶ γραφέντα πάρα,
	γέννημα θρέμα λεοντονύμου κάστρου,
	δορυαλώτου, πελοποννήσου ἄπο˙
	σακελλαρίου καὶ πνευματικοῦ τάχα,
	διάγοντος νῦν ἐν ἀδριανουπόλει.
	σύγγνωτε οὖν ἀξιῶ τῶν σφαλμάτ(ων),
	(καὶ) συγχωρεῖτε τῶν ἐμῶν ἐγκλημάτων:+

Type(s)	[5467] Θύτου εὐτελοῦς ταυτὶ γραφέντα πάρα (7 verses)
Text source	J. Bick, 1920, Die Schreiber der Wiener griechischen Handschriften, Vienna: 108
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1451-1500
Manuscript	VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 93 [1451-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 134r
Person(s)	Patron Mathaios Spantounes (archon) Scribe Anonymous of the Leontarion Castle < Peloponnesos < Greece (15th c.) (sakellarios, thytes)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Comment	Bick (1920:108) got confused with θρέμα λεοντονύμου κάστρου and erroneously named the scribe Leon Κάστρος. Preceding the epigram is a text addressed to the sponsor, and what follows the epigram is date of completion of the MS (=15.6.1475) and its place: ἐν ἀδριανουπόλει.
Bibliography	Primary O. Lampsidis, 1996, Constantini Manassis Breviarium chronicum. Praefationem et textum continens (vol. 1), Athens: CXXVIII Secondary H. Hunger, 1961, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Historici. Codices Philosophici et Philologici (vol. 1), Vienna: 102
Number of verses	7
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Sien De Groot The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Last modified: 2020-04-06.