Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23126
(formerly occ/7019)

	ἐγράφη δὲ νῦν ἡ παροῦσα γὰρ βίβλος·
	ἡ μελησταγῆς τοῦ σοφοῦ βασιλείου·

Type(s)	[5764] Ἐγράφη δὲ νῦν ἡ παροῦσα γὰρ βίβλος (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1143
Manuscript	ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 239 [1143]
Place in Manuscript	f. 193r
Person(s)	Patron Germanos (12th c.) - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Palaeographical information	Written in red cinnabar ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is followed by the date and a non metrical prayer.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Basil the Great (330-379) - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: (episkopos of Kaisareia < Cappadocia)
Comment	This occurrence is preceded by another epigram in the manuscript (check occurrence 19835) and it is followed by the date and a non metrical prayer.
Image source(s)	https://digitalcollections.nlg.gr/nlg-repo/dl/en/browse/3009
Bibliography	Primary K. Lake, S. Lake, 1934, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200. Manuscripts at Jerusalem, Patmos and Athens (vol. 1), Boston: 19 A. Marava-Chatzinikolaou, C. Toufexi-Paschou, 1997, Catalogue of the Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece. Homilies of the Church Fathers and Menologia 9th-12th Century (vol. 3), Athens: 204
Number of verses	2
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Cristina Cocola - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Julie Boeten - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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