Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 29888

	+ σὺ μὲν γαληνὲ τῶνδε τῶν πόν(ων) χάρις +
	+ ἃ γὰρ διἔγνως. ἀνεπιφθόνως γράφ(εις) +
	+ ἡ γὰρ φύσις ῥέουσα· δύσκρατον ῥύσιν +
	+ πολλάκις ἡττὰ· τὴν δύναμιν τῆς τέχνης +

Type(s)	[29887] Σοὶ μέν, Γαληνέ, τῶνδε τῶν πόνων χάρις (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1101-1150
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 300 [1101-1150]
Place in Manuscript	f. 11r
Palaeographical information	Canart (1966: 67): 'carmen absque auctoris nomine appictum est <...> manu saec. XII vel XII-XIII'.
Contextual information	Written in the upper margin, above a pi-shaped headpiece adorned with floral ornaments. The epigram introduces the text of 'Viaticum peregrinatum', books I-VII, by Aḥmad Ibn-Ibrāhīm Ibn-al-Ǧazzār, title: 'σύντομος γνῶσις τοῦ θεμελίου τῆς ἰατρικῆς...', incipit: 'Ἱστέον, ὅτι ἡ γένεσις τῶν τριχῶν'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Galen of Pergamon < Asia Minor < Turkey (129 - 3rd c.) - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.300/0029
Bibliography	Primary P. Canart, 1966, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de l'Archivio di San Pietro, Vatican City: 67 Secondary P. Canart, S. Lucà, 2000, Codici greci dell'Italia meridionale, Roma: 85
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[23567] σοὶ μέν, γαληνέ, τῶνδε τῶν πόνων χάρις [15th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 51 (Vlad. 464) [14th-15th c.] (f. 303v) (2 verses) (1/4) [19914] σοὶ μὲν Γαληνὲ, τῶνδε τῶν πόνων χάρις, [15th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Laud. gr. 56 [15th c.] ((gen.) end of ms.) (4 verses) (3/4) [17663] σὺ μὲν γαληνὲ τῶνδε τῶν πόν(ων) χάρις [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Arch. di S. Pietro H 45 [13th c.] (f. 311r) (4 verses) (3/4)
Acknowledgements	Information on the occurrence courtesy of Georgi Parpulov. Information on the occurrence courtesy of Nina Sietis. Creator(s) Lev Shadrin - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Transcriber(s) Lev Shadrin - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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