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Occurrence 23281
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	Βίβλος μὲν τελέθουσα λυκόφρονος ἀσματοκόμπου,
	ἦν ἀλαὸς προπάροιθεν ἀδερκέα δέρματ᾽ ἔχουσα·
	νῦν δέ με δορκαλέην ἑρμείη θήκατο τέχνη,
	τζέτζης ἰσαάκιος σύστροφα πείσματα λύσας:-

Type(s)	[2219] Βίβλος μὲν τελέθουσα Λυκόφρονος ᾀσματοκόμπου (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1451-1475
Manuscript	EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca R.I.6 [1451-1475]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1r
Person(s)	Scribe Michael Apostoles Byzantios (1420 - 1474-1486) - RGK: I.278, II.379, III.454 - VGH: 305.B - PLP: I.1201
Palaeographical information	The initial is written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Lycophron's 'Alexandra'.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Isaak Tzetzes - PBW: Isaakios/106/ Lycophron (3rd c. BC)
Image source(s)	https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/15708#?xywh=-1812%2C119%2C6357%2C2774&cv=15
Bibliography	Primary A. Revilla, 1936, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial (vol. 1), Madrid: 6
Number of verses	4
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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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