Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24540
(formerly occ/8501)

	ἕτεροι:-

	Ἔσπευσ(αν) ἄλλοι χρυσὸν εὑρ(εῖν) ἐν βίω:·
	ἄλλοι δὲ \| γῆν σπεύδουσιν ἢ κ(αὶ) μαργάρ(ους):·
	κ(αὶ) π(άν)τα πλοῦτ(ον) \| προ(σ)λαβ(εῖν) ἀπληστία:·
	ὁ δεσπότ(ης) (δὲ) τοῦ παρόντο(ς) \| βιβλίου,
	οὐ μαργαρίτ(ας), οὐ λίθ(ους)· οὐ χρυσίον:· \|
	τ(ὴν) (...)λλονὴν (δὲ) τ(ῶν) τοῦ προφήτ(ου) λόγω(ν):·
	σοφ(ῶς) \| ἀνευροῦς ἐξ ἔρωτο(ς) ἐνθέου:·
	ἔνθε συνῆξε \| πλοῦτ(ον) ὃς μένει μόνο(ς):·
	ῥεῖ πάντα γῆς γ(ὰρ) κ(αὶ) \| λόγος μένει μόνο(ς):·
	ἂν οὐ(ρα)νοὺς ἄν(θρωπ)ε κ(αὶ) νέφη φθάσ(ης), \|
	κἂν γ(ῆς) παρέλθ(ης) ἄκρα κ(αὶ) πάντ(ας) τόπους,
	κἂν τοῖς \| ἐλάφ(οις) ὑπεραρθῆς εὐδρόμ(οις),
	λίθον τά\|φου (...)πηχυν, οὐχ ὑπεκδράμης:·

Type(s)	[1955] Ἔσπευσαν ἄλλοι χρυσὸν εὑρεῖν ἐν βίῳ (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1369
Manuscript	UPPSALA - Universitetsbiblioteket - gr. 10 [1369]
Place in Manuscript	f. 303v
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of the manuscript and follows the colophon. It is preceded by another epigram.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Psalter
Image source(s)	https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/100010
Bibliography	Primary G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 226
Number of verses	13
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