Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26752
(formerly occ/10823)

	στίχ(ος)

	ὀρθοῦσιν οἷδε παραγωγὴν αὐχένος:∙

Type(s)	[7282] Ὀρθοῦσιν οἵδε παραγωγὴν αὐχένος (1 verse)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1351-1400
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2244 [1276-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 54v
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies a miniature of a horse with a neck strain, being treated by two veterinarians. Next to the epigram we read 'περὶ παραγωγὴν αὐχέ[νος]', written in red ink.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Text-related epigram
Comment	A color image is available in Rhoby (2018: 691) and Lazaris (2010: 282).
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10723506t/f63.item
Bibliography	Primary M. Lauxtermann, 2003, Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres (vol. 1), Vienna: 187 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 363 Secondary S. Lazaris, 2010, Art et science vétérinaire à Byzance: formes et fonctions de l'image hippiatrique, Turnhout: 154-155, 282
Number of verses	1
Acknowledgements	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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Last modified: 2020-04-10.