Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23525
(formerly occ/7455)

	ὁ γαζῆς·

	Καὶ χρήμαθ' ἃ λόγος ἄνακτι τῷ λυδίας νέμει,
	φιλέλφος ὁ σοφὸς οὐδὲν οἰόμενος μέγα,
	πρὸς κτῆσιν αὐτὴν παντοδαπῶν γε πυκτίων,
	πολλ’ ἄλλα πάνυ γε καὶ τόδε ἔχων τυγχάνει,
	χειρὶ γραφὲν τῇ χρυσοκόκη τε καὶ ἐμῇ:-

Type(s)	[6035] Καὶ χρήμαθ᾽ ἃ λογος ἄνακτι τῷ Λυδίας νέμει (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1351-1450
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1334 [1421-1445]
Place in Manuscript	f. 107v
Person(s)	Patron Franciscus Philelphus (1398-1481) - RGK: II.520, III.606 - VGH: 105.B - PLP: XII.29803 Scribe Theodore Gazes (1398-1478) - RGK: I.128, II.165, III.211 - VGH: 137.A - PLP: II.3450
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of the manuscript.
Metre(s)	Iambic trimeter
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Franciscus Philelphus (1398-1481) - RGK: II.520, III.606 - VGH: 105.B - PLP: XII.29803 George Chrysokokkes (15th c.) - RGK: II.95, III.127 - VGH: 86.G - PLP: XII.31141 (diakonos) Kroisos of Lydia < Asia Minor < Turkey (6th c. BC) Theodore Gazes (1398-1478) - RGK: I.128, II.165, III.211 - VGH: 137.A - PLP: II.3450
Comment	The meter is problematic.
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1334/0109
Bibliography	Primary P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, H. Lietzmann, 1929, Specimina codicum graecorum vaticanorum, Berolini-Lipsiae: XX É. Legrand, 1885, Bibliographie Hellénique ou description raisonnée des ouvrages publiés par des Grecs aux XVe et XVIe siècles (vol. 1), Paris: XLVII Secondary J. Bértola, A. Ellis 2024, The Lost Poems on the Muses by Theodoros Gazes, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS), 64(3), 480-508: 481, n. 4
Number of verses	5
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande, Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Julián Bértola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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