Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 35279

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	ἥττων βασιλεῦ \| ὀψὲ (καὶ) ψύχους γίνῃ: \|
	ὃς διαπαντὸ(ς) αἰθρι\|άζειν ἠγάπ(ας):
	σχά\|ζεις δὲ ταχὺ τὴν βύζαντο(ς) \| βαλβίδα·
	καὶ \| πτηνὸς ὄρν(ις) αἰετό(ς) \| καθὰ μέγ(ας):
	τὰς ἀρετ(ὰς) πτέρυγ(ας) αὐχῶν (καὶ) βλέπων,
	ἀσκαρδαμύκτ(ως) τ(ὸν) νοητὸν φωσφόρον,
	φθάνεις διαπτ(...) \| τὴν, σύρ(ων) (καὶ) κιλίκ(ων):
	κἀκεῖσε καλ(ῶς) τ(ὴν) καλιὰν πηγνύεις
	ὁδοῦ πάρεργον, τ(ὰς) πουσγουσί(ας) πόλεις·
	ἃς θριγγὸς ὑγ(...) \| (καὶ) λιμνασμ(ον) ζωννύει,
	ἐπανασώσ(ας) τοῖς ὅρ(οις) τ(ῶν) αὐσόνων:-

Type(s)	[33752] Ἥττων, βασιλεῦ, ὀψὲ καὶ ψύχους γίνῃ (11 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. 18r
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink by the main scribe in the upper and right margins.
Contextual information	The epigram comments on Niketas Choniates' History 37.72-38.12. It is preceded by the note 'ση(μείωσαι)'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Ioannes II Komnenos (1087 - 1143) - PBW: Ioannes/2/
Image source(s)	https://digital.onb.ac.at/RepViewer/viewer.faces?doc=DTL_7071358
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: 943, 985 J. Bértola 2021, Using Poetry to Read the Past. Unedited Byzantine Verse Scholia on Historians in the Margins of Medieval Manuscripts, Gent: 148-149
Number of verses	11
Related occurrence(s)	[35282] ἥττων βασιλεῦ ὀψὲ \| (καὶ) ψύχους γίνη [06/03/1555] DILLINGEN AN DER DONAU - Fürstlich und Gräflich Fuggersches Familien- und Stiftungsarchiv 159A [06/03/1555] (p. 26) (11 verses) (11/11) [35281] ἥττων βασιλεῦ \| ὀψὲ κ(αὶ) ψύχους γί\|νη [16th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1722 [16th c.] (f. 18r) (11 verses) (11/11) [35278] ἥττων βασιλεῦ ὀψὲ (καὶ) ψύχ(ους) γίνῃ [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 168 [13th-14th c.] (f. 18r) (11 verses) (11/11) [35280] ἥττων βασιλεῦ ὀψὲ (καὶ) ψύχ(ους) γίνῃ [15th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 105 [14th-15th c.] (f. 18r) (11 verses) (11/11)
Acknowledgements	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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