Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25943
(formerly occ/9980)

	Ἔλαβε τέρμα βίβλος ἡ πολυδεύκους
	ἰουλίου, καίσαρος κομμόδου χάριν·
	ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα τήνδε τὴν βίβλον,
	οἰχήσεται ναὶ κἂν φθαρῆ καθὰ κόνις·
	ὁ λαμβάνων δὲ τήνδε χερσὶ καὶ βλέπων,
	θάνατον εἰς νοῦν καὶ κρίσιν λαμβανέτω·
	μνήμην τε κᾀμοῦ, κἂν μακρὰν εἰμὶ λίαν:-

Type(s)	[2512] Ἔλαβε τέρμα βίβλος ἡ Πολυδεύκους (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana A 78 sup. [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 223v
Person(s)	Scribe Demetrios Damilas (15th-16th c.) - RGK: I.93, II.127, III.160 - PLP: III.5084
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	Written at the end of the manuscript.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Patron-related epigram Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Julius Pollux of Naukratis < Egypt (2nd c.)
Comment	Martini-Bassi (1906 I: 15): 'In principio (16r) et in fine (223v) operis duo (sc. Anth. Cougny III 222. 223)'.
Number of verses	7
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