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Occurrence 26459
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	Στίχ(οι) παραγγέλλον(τες) τοῖς κρίτ(οις)

	Ἄνδρες δυνάσται· τοῦ κράτος πρωτοστάτ(αι):
	Κριτήριον γῆς· οἱ δικασταὶ τοῦ βίου:
	Κριταὶ πολίται· ἀρχηγοὶ στρατηγέται:
	Οὓς ἡ τριλαμπὴς· γεραίρει ἐξουσία:
	Κριτὰς δικαίους· καὶ σοφοὺς εὐέργετας: \|\|
	Δέδωκεν ὑμῖν· τῶν ἀνάκτων τὸ κράτ(ος):
	Ἄνω σκοποῦντες· καὶ κρίνοντες τοὺς 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:
	Ὃς ἐξετάζει· καὶ νεφροὺς καὶ καρδίας:-

Type(s)	[7088] Ἄνδρες δυνάσται, τοῦ κράτους πρωτοστάται (15 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1126-1150
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Ottob. gr. 15 [1126-1150]
Place in Manuscript	f. 13r-13v
Palaeographical information	The initials of each verse and the title are written in red.
Contextual information	The epigram appears after the "ἑρμηνεία τῶν στίχων" that follows another epigram (inc. Τοὺς χιλίους στατῆρας οὓς ἐκτησάμην).
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, Eleonora Lauro 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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