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Occurrence 26452
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	Ἄνδρ(ες) δυνάστ(αι)· τοῦ κράτους πρωτοστᾶτ(αι)·
	κριτήρι(ον) γῆς, οἱ δικασταῖ τοῦ βίου,
	κρι\|ταῖ πολίτ(αι), ἀρχιγοὶ στρατηγέτ(αι)·
	οὓς ἡ τριλαμπὴς γεραίρει ἐξουσία·
	κριτ(ὰς) \| δικ(αί)(ους), (καὶ) σοφοὺς εὐεργέτ(ας)·
	δέδωκεν ὑμ(ῖν) τῶν ἀνάκτ(ων) τὸ κράτος·
	ἄνω \| σκοποῦντες, (καὶ) κρίνοντες τ(οῦς) κάτω·
	ἄνω κρατοῦντες τὴν ροπὴν τῶν \| ὀμμάτ(ων)·
	κριτ(ῆ) γ(ὰρ) οὐκ ἔξεστιν τὸ βλέπειν κ(ά)τω·
	ὑμ(εῖς) φορεῖται· ὡς γέγραπται \| ἐν βίβλ(οις)·
	τ(ὴν) τοῦ νόμου μάχαιρ(α)ν· ἠκονημένην,
	ζυγὸς γάρ ἐστιν κοσμικ(ῶν) δικασ\|μάτ(ων)·
	ζυγοστατοὶ (δὲ), κ(αὶ) τὰ ὑμ(ῶν) πρακταῖα·
	ὁ τῶν κρινόντ(ων) κ(αὶ) κριτῆς (καὶ) δε\|σπότης,
	οὓς ἐξετάζει κ(αὶ) νεφρ(ῆς) καὶ καρδίας +

Type(s)	[7088] Ἄνδρες δυνάσται, τοῦ κράτους πρωτοστάται (15 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	12th c.
Manuscript	EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Τ.III.13 [11th-13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 13v
Palaeographical information	Written together with another epigram by one of the several hands that copied the manuscript.
Contextual information	The poem follows a legal lexicon and is followed by a legal collection.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Law
Comment	Revilla (1936: 533) seems to date the hand to the end of the 13th century, whereas Burgmann (1995: 68) suggests that it can be the same hand that wrote other sections of the text.
Image source(s)	https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/15585#?xywh=633%2C1476%2C3315%2C1447&cv=34
Bibliography	Primary L. Burgmann, M. Fögen, A. Schmink, D. Simon, 1995, Repertorium der Handschriften des byzantinischen Rechts. Die Handschriften des weltlichen Rechts (Nr. 1-327) (vol. 1), Frankfurt am Main: 68 A. Revilla, 1936, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial (vol. 1), Madrid: 534 Secondary C. Mazzucchi 2009, Uno sconosciuto codice greco di lessicografia, Aevum, 83(2), 411-423: 416
Number of verses	15
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Julián Bértola Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Julián Bértola, 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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