Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23439
(formerly occ/7366)

	Ὡς ἡδὺ νηπίοισι μητρώας πέλει
	θηλῆς γαλακτόβλυστον ἕλκειν εὖ ῥύσιν·
	ξένοις βλέπειν γονεῦσι πατρίδα
	οὕτω γε τοῖς γράφουσιν ὕστατος στίχοις

Type(s)	[5991] Ὡς ἡδὺ νηπίοισι μητρώας πέλει (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1476
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 166 [1476]
Place in Manuscript	f. 239r
Person(s)	Scribe Georgios Hermonymos of Sparta < Laconia < Peloponnesos < Greece (1451-1500) - RGK: I.61, II.80, III.102 - VGH: 74.C - PLP: III.6125 - PBE: - PBW: - PMBZ:
Palaeographical information	The initial is written in red ink.
Contextual information	It is followed by two more epigrams: inc. 'Λιμὴν μὲν ἡδὺς ἀλλὰ καὶ βίβλου τέλος' and inc. 'Κύριε δίδου τῷ πονέοντι τὴν πολύωλβον ἀρωγὴν'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Breastfeeding
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Barb.gr.166/0567
Bibliography	Primary J. Mogenet, J. Leroy, P. Canart, 1989, Codices Barberiniani Graeci. Codices 164-281 (vol. 2), Vatican City: 3
Number of verses	4
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Ilse De Vos - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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