Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26514
(formerly occ/10585)

	φυτοῦ φεραυγοῦς χρωματουργίαν βλεπων∙
	ἅπας θεατὴς \| ζωγράφων τοῦτου νόει∙
	κλήν(ὸν) τὲ νι(.)οδιμον εὐκλεοῦς \| φύτλης∙
	ξενοφῶν εκείνου τῶν επισήμων γένει ∙~

Type(s)	[7108] Φυτοῦ φεραυγοῦς χρωματουργίαν βλέπων (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th-15th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 36 [14th-15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 203v
Contextual information	'Auf f. 203v (...) befindet sich (...) eine Miniatur mit Darstellung der Verfolgung des Menschen durch das Einhorn und seiner Rettung auf einem Baum (Barlaam et Ioasaph 12,211ff.)' (Rhoby 2018: 119). The miniature is accompanied by other inscriptions in prose.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Reader-related epigram
Subject(s)	Nikodemos (14th-15th c.) - PLP: VIII.20356
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10722829s/f203.item
Bibliography	Primary B. Atsalos 2000, Termes byzantins relatifs à la décoration des manuscrits grecs, in G. Prato (ed.), I manoscritti greci tra riflessione e dibattito. Atti del V Colloquio Internazionale di Paleografia Greca Cremona, 4 - 10 ottobre 1998 (vol. 2), Firenze, 445-511: 481 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 119-120, 600 (image: plate XX) Secondary U. Mondini 2024, The Learned Bishop and the Unicorn. Michael Choniates, Poem 5 Lampros, in B. van den Berg, N. Zagklas (eds.), Poetry in Byzantine Literature and Society (1081-1204). New Texts, New Approaches, Cambridge, 389-408: 401-402
Number of verses	4
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Quinten Goethals The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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