Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26459
(formerly occ/10519)

	Ἄνδρες δυνά(...)άτ(...):
	Κριτήριον γ(...)σταὶ τοῦ βίου:
	Κρ(...)ταὶ πολί(...)· ἀρχηγοὶ στρατ(...)γέται:
	Οὓς ἡ τριλα(...)ὴς· γεραίρει ἐξουσία:
	Κριτὰς δικ(...)ους· καὶ σοφ(...)έτ(...): \|\|
	Δέδωκεν ὑμῖν· τῶν ἀνάκτων τὸ κράτ(ος):
	Αἴνω (?) σκοποῦντες· καὶ κρίνοντες το(...) κάτ(ω):
	Ἄνω κρατοῦντες· τὴν ῥοπὴν τῶν ὀμμάτ(ων):
	Κριτὴ γὰρ οὐκ ἔξεστι· τὸ βλέπειν κάτω:
	Ὑμεῖς φορεῖτε ὡς γέγραπται ἐν βίβλοις:
	Τὴν τοῦ νόμου μάχαιραν· ἠκονημένην:
	Ζυγὸς γάρ ἐστι· κοσμικῶν δικασμάτων:
	Ζυγοστατεῖ δὲ· καὶ τὰ ὑμῶν πρακταῖα:
	Ὁ τῶν κρινόντων· (καὶ) κριτὴς (καὶ) δεσπότης:
	(...)ς ἐξετάζει· καὶ νεφροὺς καὶ καρδίας:·

This is a partially unknown text. The numbers on the left are there for reference purposes only and do not necessarily correspond with the actual verse number.

Type(s)	[7088] Ἄνδρες δυνάσται, τοῦ κράτους πρωτοστάται (15 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text partially unknown
Date	1126-1150
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Ottob. gr. 15 [1126-1150]
Place in Manuscript	f. 13r-13v
Palaeographical information	Majuscule initial letter in each verse.
Contextual information	The epigram is preceded by another metrical paratext (inc. Τοὺς χιλίους στατῆρας οὓς ἐκτησάμην). They are written together with a set of other short texts before the so-called Synopsis Basilicorum maior.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ott.gr.15/14 https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ott.gr.15/15
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: 253 I. Hutter, 2022, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Corpus der Italogriechischen dekorierten Handschriften der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (vol. 6.2), Stuttgart: 650 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) Julián Bértola Contributor(s) Eleonora Lauro, 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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