Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 29383

	τῆς γραμματικ(ῆς) εἰμὶ τέχνης πυξίον·
	εὔληπτον εὐσύνοπτων ἐστενόμινον·
	σαφὲς καθαρ(ὸν) ευκριν(ὲς) \| γεγραμμέν(ον)·
	προς πεύσιν ἰθύνουσα εἰς ἀποκρίσεις·
	ὁ γὰρ τρόπος φέριστος εἰς τὸ συνέχειν·
	ἅπαν λόγου μάχημα τοὺς λογεμπόρους :-

Type(s)	[5248] Τῆς γραμματικῆς εἰμὶ τέχνης πυξίον (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	13th c.
Manuscript	LEIDEN - Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit - Voss. gr. Q° 20 [13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 247r -- (alt.) f. 248r
Contextual information	The epigram precedes the "Erotemata grammatica" by Manouel Moschopoulos.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Grammar Manuel Moschopoulos - PLP: VIII.19373
Bibliography	Primary K. De Meyier, 1955, Codices vossiani graeci et miscellanei, Leiden: 121 I. De Vos, S. De Groot, A. Rouckhout 2019, “I am a Grammatical Textbook”. Towards a Critical Edition of a Deceivingly Simple Book Epigram, in T. Scheijnen, B. Verhelst (eds.), Parels in schrift. Huldeboek voor Marc De Groote, Ghent, 91-94: 92-93
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[22057] Τῆς γραμματικῆς τέχνης εἰμὶ πιξίον [1460-1465] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 1077 [1460-1465] (f. 1r) (6 verses) (6/6) [19746] τῆς γραμματικῆς εἰμὶ τέχνης πυξίον [16th c.] LEIDEN - Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit - Voss. gr. Q° 20 [13th c.] (f. 246v -- (alt.) f. 247v) (3 verses) (3/6) [21505] Γραμματικῆς εἰμὶ τέχνης πυκτίον [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 1192 [15th c.] (f. 22v) (6 verses) (6/6) [25338] ῆς γραμματικῆς εἰμὶ τέχνης πυξί(ον) [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1332 [13th-14th c.] (f. 53r) (6 verses) (6/6) [29518] Τῆς γραμματικῆς εἰμι τέχνης πυξίον [16th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - phil. gr. 79 [16th c.] ((gen.) at the beginning of the manuscript) (6 verses) (6/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Ilse De Vos Transcriber(s) Ilse De Vos 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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