Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25365
(formerly occ/9395)

« Previous ms. occ. Next ms. occ. »

	μέγιστε βρύσων ἡ σοφοτά\|τη λύρα·
	ὁ πάντα ἡμῖν ἐμ\|φανὼς καταυγασας:
	εὔφη\|μος ὀφθης ἀνδράσιν νε\|νευκοσι·
	σοῦ τη γραφῆ δὲ \| τῶν μετριμένων στίχω(ν): \|
	ἣν νοηση ως θέμις τῖς ἀξίως: +

Type(s)	[6792] Μέγιστε Βρύσον, ἡ σοφοτάτη λύρα (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	951-1000
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1257 [951-1000]
Place in Manuscript	f. 36r
Palaeographical information	The epigram is written in Alexandrian majuscule and in the same ink used for the main text.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes a 177-line poem on the end of the world by Bryson the Philosopher.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Bryson the Philosopher (801-850) - PMBZ: 12137: "Personenkennziffer: 1045" Music
Comment	5 νοηση ] supra lineam corr. in νοειση
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1257/0038
Bibliography	Primary P. Canart 2000, Le Vaticanus Graecus 1257 et une poésie inédite de Jean Damascène, Bollettino della Badia Greca di Grottaferrata (BBGG), 54, 141-154: 151 A. Pertusi, 1988, Fine di Bisanzio e fine del mondo, Rome: 162
Number of verses	5
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Rachele Ricceri Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri, Eleonora Lauro Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Permalink	http://www.dbbe.ugent.be/occurrences/25365

Last modified: 2026-03-10.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.