Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24490
(formerly occ/8452)

Πεπείραμαι κυροῦν, ἐν βραχέσι | πλεῖστα·
Ῥήτορσι γὰρ κάλλος, συντομία | ἔπους:
Type(s) [2051] Πεπείραμαι κυροῦν, ἐν βραχέσι πλεῖστα (7 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 11th c.
Manuscript VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Ross. 251 (olim VIII.190) [1026-1075]
Place in Manuscript f. 12v
Palaeographical information Written in Alexandrinische Auszeichnungsmajuskel, in red ink. The text is written in a continuous form, but the scribe is aware of copying verses, since the lines are separated by a punctuation sign and a wider space. Moreover, the initial letters of each line are enlarged.
Contextual information The epigram is followed by another poem, inc. 'Ῥητρεύσεών σου ὡς ἔφης τὰς ἐκφράσεις'. The texts of the two poems are separated by three red crosses.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Author-related epigram
Subject(s) John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Image source(s) https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ross.251/0022
Bibliography

Primary

E. Gollob, 1910, Die griechishe Literatur in den Handschriften der Rossiana in Wien (vol. 1), Vienna: 31
Number of verses 2
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Rachele Ricceri
Transcriber(s)
Rachele Ricceri
Contributor(s)
Nina Sietis, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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