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Occurrence 23438
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ἀνδρέου·
 
Τὴν ἐντολήν σου φίλτατε, τζέτζη νῦν παραβαίνω,
ἀτάκτως τὰς ἐπιστολὰς, κ(αὶ) πεφυρμένως γράφων·
οὕτω δοξάζων ἐν τῷ νῷ, ποιῶν ὄφελος μέγα,
τοῖς ἀμαθέσιν ὥσπερ φὴς, ἄν(θρώπ)οις τοῖς νῦν οὖσι:
πλέον γὰρ βαρβαρώτεροι, τυγχάνουσι κ(αὶ) ὄνων·
εἰ παραβαίνω τὸ λοιπὸν, τὸν νόμον ὅν σὺ γράφεις
κατ’ αἶσαν κ(αὶ) τὸ δίκαιον, αἰτῶ λαβεῖν συγγνώμην
κ(αὶ) τῷ ἐρῶντι σύγγνωθι, μὴ τήρει ἀπηνείαν·
οἱ τούτω πάντες τοιγαροῦν, θέλοντες ἐκμανθάν(ειν),
ἐξήγησιν νοείτωσαν, ὁμοῦ σὺν τῷ κειμένῳ·
κ(αὶ) μὴ ζητείτωσαν εὑρεῖν, τὸ κείμενον ἐν ἄλλῳ: +
Type(s) [5990] Τὴν ἐντολήν σου, φίλτατε Τζέτζη, νῦν παραβαίνω (11 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 1476-1500
Manuscript EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Σ.I.13 [1476-1500]
Place in Manuscript f. 29v
Palaeographical information 2 ἀτάκτως ] ὀμάδην supra lineam
2 πεφυρμένως ] ταῖς ἱστορίαις supra lineam
6 τὸν νόμον ὅν σὺ γράφεις ] τὴν τάξιν ἥν ἐντέλεις corr. in margine
8 τήρει ἀπηνείαν ] δ' ὅλως μνησικάκοι supra lineam
Contextual information The epigram is written at the end of the fifth book of John Tzetzes' Chiliades.
Metre(s) Decapentasyllable
Genre(s) Reader-related epigram
Subject(s) John Tzetzes (12th c.) - PBW: Ioannes/459/
Image source(s) https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/15881#?xywh=571%2C569%2C2124%2C747&cv=60
Bibliography

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Number of verses 11
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Maria Tomadaki
Transcriber(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Contributor(s)
Maria Tomadaki, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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