Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 26957
(formerly occ/11030)

	Ἐρεῖτε οὖν μοι ἐντολῆς τί βελτίον:
	Ἐπιστήμη φρόνησις κάλλο(ς) ἢ κόπος:
	Ὑπερ δὲ τούτων ἐντολὴν προτιμεύω:
	Οὔπω ψυχῆς σύνεσις οὐ δύναμις παρέξαι:
	Μεγάλα χαρίσματα οὐ τρόπος εὐγενεί(ας):
	Οὐκ ἄφθονα χρήματα ἢ χαρισθεία:
	Δώρημα χρηστὸν κατευόδωσις πάσα:
	Πα(...) κ(υρι)ω τῶι πάντα χορηγόντι:
	Ἐσθλά τε δωρήματα πᾶσιν ὁσίοις:
	Βασιλείαν πλοῦτος τε κράτος ἰσχύν τε:
	Αὐτὸς τοῦ πν(ευματο)ς ἀρραβὼν μεγας μόνος:
	Τοῦτο παραινῶ ἀφθόνως ζητεῖν πάντ(ας):
	Καὶ μήπω λέγειν αὐταρκεῖσθαι τὸν βίον:
	Οἶκος γάρ ἐστιν φθειρόμενος ἐγῶ δὲ:
	Ζητήσω τὸν μέλλοντα τὸν ἄγευστον θανάτου:

Type(s)	[7398] Ἐρεῖτε οὖν μοι· ἐντολῆς τί βελτίον (15 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	976-1025
Manuscript	NEW YORK - Pierpont Morgan Library M.397 [976-1025]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1r
Contextual information	The epigram is written inside a colourful arcade at the beginning of the manuscript.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s)	http://ica.themorgan.org/icaimages/3/m397.001r.jpg
Bibliography	Primary A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 502-504
Number of verses	15
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: 2020-05-15.