Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24980
(formerly occ/8977)

	στίχοι (...)

	Ἔσπευσαν ἄλλοι χρυσ(ὸν) εὑρεῖν ἐν βίω:
	Ἄλλοι δὲ γῆν σπεύδουσ(ιν) ἢ (καὶ) μαργάρους:
	Καὶ πάντα πλοῦτον προ(σ)λαβεῖν ἀπληστία:
	Ὁ δεσπότης δὲ τοῦ παρόντ(ος) βιβλίου:
	Νικόδημος οἴκτιστο(ς) ἐν μονοτρόπ(οις):
	Οὐ μαργαρίτ(ας)· οὐ λίθον· οὐ χρυσίον:
	Τὴν καλλονήν τε τ(ῶν) θεοσόφ(ων) λόγων:
	Εὐαγγελιστ(ῶν) τετρακτὺν θεῖον δρόμ(ον):
	Πράξεις ζωηρ(ὰς) ἐπιστολὰς δὲ παύλου:
	Σοφ(ῶς) ἀνευρὼν ἐξ ἔρωτο(ς) ἐνθέου:
	Πάντα συνῆξε (καὶ) συνήρμοσε τάχος:
	Πλοῦτον ἀδαπάνητ(ον) ὃς μένει μόνος:
	Δέδεικται δ' αὐτὸ χαρμονὴ τέλο(ς) τούτ(ων):
	Λιμὴν καθάπερ τοῖς πλέουσιν ἐν πόνω:
	Καὶ σωφρονεῖν θέλουσιν ἥσυχο(ς) βίο(ς):

Type(s)	[5884] Ἔσπευσαν ἄλλοι χρυσὸν εὑρεῖν ἐν βίῳ (15 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Ω 16 (Eustratiades 1826) [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 267r
Person(s)	Scribe Nikodemos (15th c.) - VGH: 344.J - PLP: VIII.20347
Palaeographical information	Written in two columns, to be read horizontally. Initials in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is written after the Catholic Letters. Followed by 'Ἀμ(ὴν) ἀμ(ὴν) ἀθάνατε τριὰς δεδοξασμ(έν)η:'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Image source(s)	http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=62&left=7&top=-866&site=INTF&image=31626/0/5360/10/4826
Bibliography	Primary S. Eustratiades 1917, Ἁγιορειτικῶν κωδίκων σημειώματα, Γρηγόριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς, 1, 49-771: 424
Number of verses	15
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Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'. Creator(s) Rachele Ricceri Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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