Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23190
(formerly occ/7088)

	+ · στίχοι ἡρωϊκοὶ εἰς τὴν πτολεμαίου χωρογραφίαν ·

	Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον·
	ἄρκτους· ὠκεανὸν· δύσ(ιν)· ἀντολίην τε· νότον τε·
	χεῖμα· θέρος· φυσικάς τʹ ἀτραποὺς· σκολιάς τε κελεύθ(ους)·
	αἰθίοπάς τʹ ἀνδραν(εῖς)· γερμανῶν, δύσμορα φύλα·
	σαυρομάτας χοίροισιν ἐοικότας· ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτῆς·
	αἰνομόρου σκυθίης χαλεπὸν γένος, ἄχρις ἐς ἠῶ·
	ἰνδῶν σε σηρῶν τε, τὸ γὰρ πέρας ἀντολίης γῆς:·

Type(s)	[3244] Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1376-1425
Manuscript	LONDON - British Library - Burney 111 [1376-1425]
Place in Manuscript	f. 114r
Palaeographical information	Title, initial letter and punctuation are written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of Claudius Ptolemy's Geography.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.)
Image source(s)	http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=burney_ms_111_f114r
Bibliography	Primary J. Forshall, 1840, The Burney Manuscripts, London: 45 S. McKendrick, 1999, The British Library. Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts (vol. 1), London: 68
Number of verses	7
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Nina Sietis, 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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