Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22968
(formerly occ/6864)

	πάλαι μὲν, οὕτως· ἀλλὰ νῦν, οὕτω πάλιν·
	ποιμὴν μὲν οἰκτρὸς εὐχαΐτων ὁ γράφων·
	ἔστι δε καὶ σύγκελλος· ὢ πῶς καὶ πόθεν·
	θεία πρόνοια· σοὶ χάρις· σὰ γὰρ τάδε·
	αὐτὴ γὰρ οἷς ἔκρινας εἰργάσω τρόποις·
	πρὸς ταῦτα δ᾽ ἡμεῖς, οὐδέν· αὐτὴ μαρτύρει+

Type(s)	[5644] Πάλαι μὲν οὕτως. ἀλλὰ νῦν οὕτω πάλιν (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 676 [11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. Iv
Palaeographical information	Written in the so-called 'Alexandrinische Auszeichnungsmajuskel' in purple ink. The initials of the verses are highlighted in bold.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	John Mauropous (1001 - 1075-1081) - PBW: Ioannes/289/
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.676/0004
Bibliography	Primary P. de Lagarde, 1882, Iohannis Euchaitorum metropolitae quae in codice Vaticano graeco 676 supersunt, Göttingen: VI Secondary F. Bernard, 2014, Writing and Reading Byzantine Secular Poetry 1025-1081, Oxford: 134-135 D. Bianconi 2011, Piccolo assaggio di abbondante fragranza: Giovanni Mauropode e il Vat. Gr. 676, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik (JÖB), 61, 89-103: 96-97
Number of verses	6
Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of Marina Detoraki. Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, 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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