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Occurrence 26382
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στίχοι ἰαμβικοὶ περὶ λουτροῦ:~
 
Πολλ(ῶν) τὸ λουτρὸν αἴτιον δωρημ(ά)τ(ων):
χολῆς περιττὸν, ἐκκενοῖ τῶν | ἐγκάτων·
χυμοὺς καθαίρει κνησμὸν ἀποτρέπει:
τὴν ὀπτικὴν | δύναμιν ὀξύνει πλέον:
τὴν γλώτταν εὐκίνητον εἰς λόγους ἔχει: |
ὤτων καθαίρει τοὺς πεφραγμ(έν)(ους) πόρους:
μνήμην φυλάττει· | τὴν (δὲ) λήθην ἐκφέρει:
θυμηδίαν τὲ κ(αὶ) παράκλησιν φέρει:
τοῖς | εὐσεβ(ῶς) μάλλιστα τοῦτο χρωμ(έν)οις·
ταῦτα γὰρ εὗρε σολομὼν εὐ|μήχάνως:~
Type(s) [3560] Πολλῶν τὸ λουτρὸν αἴτιον δωρημάτων (18 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 1426-1475
Manuscript EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Υ.III.17 [1426-1475]
Place in Manuscript f. 25r
Palaeographical information The title and initial are written in red ink.
Contextual information The verses precede Hippocrates' aphorisms with commentaries.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Comment The epigram is repeated in f. 206r, after commentaries on Hippocrates by Galen.
Image source(s) https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/16341#?xywh=-138%2C754%2C2983%2C1302&cv=61
Bibliography

Primary

G. de Andrés Martínez, 1965, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial. Códices 179-420 (vol. 2), Madrid: 168
Number of verses 10
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Julián Bértola
Transcriber(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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