Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24063
(formerly occ/8024)

Type(s)	[4107] Λουκᾶς ἠπιόθυμος ἀκεστορίης ἐπιΐστωρ (5 verses)
Text status	Text completely unknown
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	CAMBRIDGE (MA) - Harvard College Library, The Houghton Library - MS. Typ. 215 [1026-1075]
Place in Manuscript	f. 121v
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Luke (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Comment	Kavrus-Hoffmann (2011: 36): 'There was originally a four-line poem honoring the Evangelist, executed in large epigraphic majuscule in gold over magenta ink; this poem was later rubbed off and the folio filled with a full-page pen-sketch of the Evangelist Luke'. Kavrus-Hoffmann (2011: 36) and Duffy-Angelov (2000: 505-506) don't give any text, but refer to von Soden (1913: 378).
Bibliography	Secondary J. Duffy, D. Angelov 2000, Observations on a Byzantine Manuscript in Harvard College Library, Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, 100, 501-514: 505-506 N. Kavrus-Hoffmann 2011, Catalogue of Greek Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Collections of the United States of America Part V.3: Harvard University, The Houghton Library and Andover- Harvard Theological Library, Manuscripta, 55(1), 1-108: 36
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[20208] Λουκᾶς ἡπιόθυμος· \| ἀκεστορίης ἐπιίστωρ [1026-1075] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 302 [1026-1075] (f. 16r) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) 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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