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Occurrence 23403
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	+ πηγὴν νάουσαν νομικ(ῶν) προσταγμ(ά)τ(ων),
	ἐνταῦθ' ἂν εὔροις, εἰ μετέλθοις γνησίως: +

Type(s)	[2538] Πηγὴν νάουσαν νομικῶν προσταγμάτων (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	28/01/1429
Manuscript	EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Χ.II.14 [28/01/1429]
Place in Manuscript	f. 178v
Person(s)	Scribe Michael Balsamon (15th c.) - PLP: II.2119 (archidiakonos, megas chartophylax, megas ekklesiarches)
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The verse is written at the end of the Basilicorum synopsis maior. It is preceded by another book epigram and the note "Τέλος σὺν Θεῶ τοῦ νομίμου βιβλίου ἤτοι τῆς συνόψεως τῶν ξ' βιβλίων τῶν Βασιλικῶν' and followed by a prose colophon mentioning the name of the scribe and the date.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Image source(s)	https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/16687#?xywh=309%2C1045%2C865%2C377&cv=366
Bibliography	Primary G. de Andrés Martínez, 1965, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial. Códices 179-420 (vol. 2), Madrid: 284
Number of verses	2
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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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