Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26668
(formerly occ/10739)

	+ στίχοι οὓς λέγεται ἀκηκοέναι παρὰ χ(ριστο)ῦ· τὸν θεολόγ(ον) γρηγόριον +

	ὀρθὰς φύλασσε τοῦ νοὸς σὺ τὰς φρένας
	καὶ κοιλίαν δάμαζε καὶ γλῶσσαν πλέον·
	καὶ τὴν στενὴν δίωκε τοῦ βί(...)υ πύλην·
	καὶ φεῦγε κόσμον καὶ νέος γενοῦ γέρον:+

Type(s)	[2861] Ὀρθὰς φύλαττε τοῦ νοός σου τὰς φρένας (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	13th c.
Manuscript	VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 491 (coll. 315) [13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1r
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the beginning of the manuscript.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Image source(s)	http://www.internetculturale.it/jmms/iccuviewer/iccu.jsp?id=oai%3A193.206.197.121%3A18%3AVE0049%3ACSTOR.240.10203&mode=all&teca=marciana&viewType=onepage&mediaType=image&objectIndex=12
Bibliography	Primary M. Lauxtermann 2021, Parisinus graecus 400: Poetry and Paraenesis in Cyprus, Revue des Études Byzantines, 79, 149-181: 171 E. Mioni, 1985, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 300-625 (vol. 2), Rome: 299
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[22185] ὀρ(...) φύλασσε· τοῦ νόος σου τὰς φρένας [12th-15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 70, Cod. 20 [11th c.] (f. 1r) (4 verses) (4/4) [18549] Ὀρθὰς φύλαττε τοῦ νοός σου τὰς τρίβους [14th c.] LESBOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou Hypselou (Antissa) 23 [14th c.] (f. 2r) (6 verses) (4/4) [16970] ὀρθὰς φύλαττε τοῦ νοός σου τὰς τρίβους [11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 70 [11th c.] (f. 148v) (4 verses) (4/4)
Acknowledgements	Information on the occurrence courtesy of Nina Sietis. Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) 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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