Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 33549

	τὴν ἐξ ἱστορίας τελέσας βίβλον ὡς ἐκέλευ\|σας
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Type(s)	[33544] Τὴν ἐξ ἱστορίας τελέσας βίβλον ὡς ἐκέλευσας (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	11th c.
Manuscript	LEIPZIG - Universitätsbibliothek - gr. 16 [9th-13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 248r
Contextual information	The epigram precedes Joseph Genesios' 'History of emperors'. It is preceded by the title of the first book of this work: 'περὶ τοῦ ἐξ ἀμαλὴκ λέοντος'.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Joseph Genesios (10th c.) - PMBZ: 25680: "Personenkennziffer: 23526" Konstantinos VII Porphyrogennetos (17/05/905-18/05/905 - 09/11/959) - PBW: Konstantinos/7/ - PMBZ: 25888: "Personenkennziffer: 23734"
Bibliography	Primary A. Lesmüller-Werner, H. Thurn, 1978, Iosephi Genesii regum libri quattuor, Berlin: 3 Secondary F. Kolovou 2010, Die Griechischen Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, in A. Bravo García, I. Pérez Martín (eds.), The Legacy of Bernard de Montfaucon: Three Hundred Years of Studies on Greek Handwriting. Proceedings of the Seventh International Colloquium of Greek Palaeography (Madrid - Salamanca, 15-20 September 2008) (vol. 1), Turnhout, 395-401: 859 (image: plate 1)
Number of verses	4
Acknowledgements	Information on the occurrence courtesy of Georgi Parpulov. Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Transcriber(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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