Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23163
(formerly occ/7062)

	·:· ἡ βίβλος ·:·

	Βίβλος πρόειμι δογμάτων \| θεηλόγων· \|
	(...)δμων πέλουσα καὶ ἄριστος \| ἡ θέμις \|
	βράβευσον εἰ βούλει με πᾶ\|σιν άφθόνως· \|
	λαβὼν ὅμωσγε βίβλον· \| ἀντιχειρίαν· \|
	οὕτως χρεῖσον με τοῖς ἄτερ \| ζῶσι φθόνου· \|
	σκεοὶ γάρ εἰσιν τῶν λι\|τούντων σωρίαι·

Type(s)	[3342] Βίβλος πρόειμι δογμάτων θεηλόγων (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	10th-11th c.
Manuscript	FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 177 [10th-11th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1v
Person(s)	Scribe Theophylaktos Nazeraios (10th-11th c.) - VGH: 148.B - PMBZ: 30393: "Personenkennziffer: 28238"
Palaeographical information	Written 'en petite capitale' (Somers 1999: 532).
Contextual information	Written together with other epigrams.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Comment	The initials of the first word on each line form the Acrostich: ΒΙΒΛΟΣ.
Bibliography	Primary V. Somers 1999, Quelques poèmes en l'honneur de S. Grégoire de Nazianze: édition critique, traduction et commentaire, Byzantion, 69, 528-564: 542
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[17206] Βίβλος πρόειμι δογμάτων θεηλόγων [10th-11th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 8 [11th c.] (f. 158r) (6 verses) (4/6) [22554] Βίβλος πρόειμι δογμάτων θεηλόγων [971] LONDON - British Library - Add. 18231 [971] (f. 87r) (6 verses) (3/6) [23164] Βίβλος προειμι δογματων θεηλογων [10th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2061 [10th c.] (f. 135v) (6 verses) (4/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Rachele Ricceri Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri, Nina Vanhoutte The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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