Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 35311

	ἄναξ μανουὴλ τί παθ(ὼν) οὕτω πρέπη,
	σὺ γὰρ βασιλεύτ(ατος) εἶναι τ(ῶν) ὅλων, \|
	εὔχη κρατούντ(ων), κ(αὶ) φοβῆ περσοσκύθ(ας),
	μισεῖ θ(εό)ς γαρ ὑπερηφάν(ους) φρέν(ας), \|
	κ(αὶ) τοῖς ταπεινοῖς ἄφθονον χάριν νέμει:-

Type(s)	[33762] Ἄναξ Μανουὴλ, τί παθὼν οὕτω τρέπῃ (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	16th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1722 [16th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 100r
Palaeographical information	Written in black ink in the upper margin by the second hand (hand 2, cf. Bértola (2021: 953)).
Contextual information	The epigram comments on Niketas Choniates' History 182.43-183.65. It is preceded by a signe-de-renvoi, which links these verses to the relevant passage in the main text.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Manouel I Komnenos (28/11/1118 - 24/09/1180) - PBW: Manuel/1/
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55013502t/f206.item
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: 953, 954, 989-990 J. Bértola 2021, Using Poetry to Read the Past. Unedited Byzantine Verse Scholia on Historians in the Margins of Medieval Manuscripts, Gent: 112, 154-155
Number of verses	5
Related occurrence(s)	[35312] ἄναξ μανουὴλ τί \| παθὼν οὕτω τρέπη [06/03/1555] DILLINGEN AN DER DONAU - Fürstlich und Gräflich Fuggersches Familien- und Stiftungsarchiv 159A [06/03/1555] (p. 126) (5 verses) (5/5) [35309] ἄναξ μα(νου)ὴλ, τί παθὼν \| οὕτω τρέπη [1423-1450] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 137 [14th-15th c.] (f. 190r) (5 verses) (5/5) [35307] ἄναξ μανουὴλ τί παθὼν \| οὕτω τρέπῃ [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 168 [13th-14th c.] (f. 92v) (5 verses) (5/5) [35308] ἄναξ μανουὴλ τί παθὼν οὕτω τρέπη [1301-1350] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 53 [1301-1350] (f. 97r) (5 verses) (5/5) [35310] (...) (...)ανουὴλ \| (...) οὕτω \| (...) [15th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 105 [14th-15th c.] (f. 93v) (5 verses) (5/5)
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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