Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26356
(formerly occ/10411)

	Στίχοι ὡφέλιμοι :-

	Ζωὴν εἰ θέλωμ(εν) εὑρεῖν τ(ὴν) θαυ\|μαστὴν ἐκείνην,
	Ζηλώσωμ(εν) τ(ὸν) κάματ(ον) τ(ῶν) θαυμα\|στ(ῶν) π(ατέ)ρων:
	Καὶ πόνοις ἀναλώσωμ(εν) σαρκὸ(ς) τ(ὴν) εὐσαρκί(αν): \|
	Τοὺς ὀχετ(οὺς) ξηράνωμ(εν) τ(οὺς) τῶν ὑπογαστρί(ων):
	Τῶν ἡδυνόντ(ων) \| ἀποχῆ δασμῶν τ(ῶν) οὐ χρησίμ(ων):
	Οἰνοφλυγί(ας) νέφωσ(ιν) σκε\|δάσωμ(εν) ἐν δίψει:
	Μὴ χωρηγήσωμ(εν) γαστρὶ δασμ(...) ἀ\|ναγκαί(ων):
	Καθ᾿ἡδυπάθειαν αἰσχρὰν περισσοτέρας ὕλ(ας): \|
	Ὡς ἄν γε μὴ τὴν ἄλωνα τὸ πῦρ προσαναλώσει:
	Τὸ στόμα \| δὲ μὴ δώσωμ(εν) ἐξαμαρτεῖν τὴν σάρκα:
	Καθώσπερ φάσκει \| σολομὼν ὁ θαυμαστὸς ἐκεῖνο(ς):
	Λόγο(ς) καὶ γὰρ ἀσύμφορο(ς), \| ἅπαν μολύνει σῶμα +

Type(s)	[3404] Ζωὴν εἰ θέλωμεν εὑρεῖν τὴν θαυμαστὴν ἐκείνην (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1272
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 999 [1272]
Place in Manuscript	f. 178r
Palaeographical information	Part of v. 7 is slightly damaged. The text has vanished.
Contextual information	The epigram follows after a catena on the proverbia.
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Solomon
Comment	Astruc (1989: 41) gives only the first and the last words.
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10721539q/f189.item
Bibliography	Primary C. Astruc, G. Astruc-Morize, P. Géhin, M. Guérard, 1989, Les manuscrits grecs datés des XIIIe et XIVe siècles conservés dans les bibliothèques publiques de France. XIIIe siècle (vol. 1), Paris: 41
Number of verses	12
Related occurrence(s)	[19293] ζωὴν εἰ θέλωμεν εὑρεῖν τὴν θαυμαστ(ὴν) ἐκείνην [1323] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 7, Cod. 30 [1323] (f. 167r) (12 verses) (12/12) [34882] ζωὴν εἰ θέλομεν εὑρεῖν τὴν θαυμαστὴν ἐκείνην [14th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 30 (Vlad. 3) [14th-15th c.] (f. 264v) (12 verses) (12/12)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Sien De Groot Transcriber(s) Sien De Groot Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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