Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 34286

	Τῶν τοῦ μεγίστου Διονυσίου λόγων
	οὐκ ἄν τις εὕροι βίβλον ἀκριβεστέραν,
	οὐκοῦν δικαίως, οὐδὲ κομπωδεστέραν,
	εἰ ταῦτα κόμπος, ἄργυρος καὶ πορφύρα.

Type(s)	[3106] Τῶν τοῦ μεγίστου Διονυσίου λόγων (4 verses)
Text source	G. Prochorov 1983, Греческие эпиграммы в славянском переводе XIV в. и в русской рукописной традиции, in M. Alekseev, N. Baskakov, O. Tvorogov (eds.), Духовная культура славянских народов: литература, фольклор, история, Leningrad, 88-96: 88-89
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Hagiou Panteleemonos 126 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 5r
Palaeographical information	The epigram is written by another hand (cf. Prochorov (1983: 89, n. 2)).
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Pseudo-Dionysios the Areopagite (5th c. - 6th c.)
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[30207] Τῶν τοῦ μεγίστου διονυσίου λόγων [1200-1500] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 261 [13th c.] (f. 13v) (4 verses) (4/4) [18944] τῶν τοῦ μεγίστου διονυσίου λόγ(ων) [14th-15th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II B 5 [1326-1375] (f. 8r) (4 verses) (4/4) [23906] τῶν τοῦ μεγίστου διονυσίου λόγων [14th c.] ROME - Biblioteca Angelica gr. 43 (B.3.8) [14th c.] (f. 18v) (4 verses) (4/4)
Acknowledgements	Information on the occurrence courtesy of Georgi Parpulov. Creator(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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