Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 34192

	θεληματαίν(εις) \|οἷς παραβλέπ(εις) \| φύσ(ιν)·
	ἄνασσα \| καλὴ, κἂν δοκῆς περ λανθάν(ειν) +

Type(s)	[33594] Θεληματαίνεις οἷς παραβλέπεις φύσιν (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1301-1350
Manuscript	VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 53 [1301-1350]
Place in Manuscript	f. 3r
Palaeographical information	The epigram is written in red ink by the main scribe in the external and lower margins.
Contextual information	The epigram comments on Niketas Choniates' History 5.90-1. The poem is preceded by another note in red by the main scribe: ση(μείωσαι):- ὅρα \| θέλημα \| γυναικός:-
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Eirene Doukaina (1066 - 19/02/1138) - PBW: Eirene/61/
Image source(s)	http://data.onb.ac.at/rep/10007015
Bibliography	Primary J. Bértola 2021, Ephraim of Ainos at work: a cycle of epigrams in the margins of Niketas Choniates, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 114(3), 929-1000: 971 J. Bértola 2021, Using Poetry to Read the Past. Unedited Byzantine Verse Scholia on Historians in the Margins of Medieval Manuscripts, Gent: 128-129
Number of verses	2
Related occurrence(s)	[34779] θεληματαίνεις \| οἷς παραβλέπεις \| φύσιν [06/03/1555] DILLINGEN AN DER DONAU - Fürstlich und Gräflich Fuggersches Familien- und Stiftungsarchiv 159A [06/03/1555] (p. 3) (2 verses) (2/2) [34740] θεληματαίνεις οἷς \| παραβλέπεις φύσιν [1423-1450] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 137 [14th-15th c.] (f. 151v) (2 verses) (2/2) [34778] θεληματαί\|ν(εις) οἷς παραβλέ\|π(εις) φύσιν [16th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1722 [16th c.] (f. 2v) (2 verses) (2/2) [34765] θεληματαίνεις \| οἷς παραβλέπεις \| φύσιν [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 168 [13th-14th c.] (f. 3r) (2 verses) (2/2) [34741] θεληματαίνεις οἷς παραβλέπεις φύσιν [15th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 105 [14th-15th c.] (f. 1v) (2 verses) (2/2)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Julián Bértola Transcriber(s) Julián Bértola 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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