Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 35577

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	πρόλογος ⁘

	Εἴπερ πεφυκαν ἴδρυς \| ἐμμούσων λόγων· \|
	Λαβών με χερσὶν· γνώσε\|ώς τε τῶι βάθει· \|
	Εἰ δ' αὖ μαθημάτων γενήις \| τυγχάνεις· \|
	Ἃ μὴ νοεῖς ἔασον εἰδόσιν \| φιλοις· \|
	Ἡ τετράδελτον τὴν τρίφω\|τον οὐσίαν· \|
	Αἰνει γεραιρει ρυθμικαῖς \| εὐγλωτίαις· \|
	Πλοκὰς λογισμῶν ἐνσόφω(...) \| κεχρημένη· \|
	καὶ νοῦν ἐπιστάμεσιν οἰκειου μ(...)

Type(s)	[35575] Εἴπερ πέφυκας ἴδρις ἐμμούσων λόγων (? verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	951-1000
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1257 [951-1000]
Place in Manuscript	f. 39r
Palaeographical information	The epigram is written in the same minuscule used for the main text.
Contextual information	The poem precedes Leon Choirosphaktes' Chiliostichos Theologia.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Leo Choirosphaktes (826-850 - 920-930) (magistros)
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1257/0038
Bibliography	Primary W. Hörandner 2007, Zur Topik byzantinischer Widmungs- und Einleitungsgedichte, in V. Panagl (ed.), Dulce Melos: La poesia tardoantica e medievale: Atti del III Convegno internazionale di studi, Vienna, 15-18 novembre 2004, Alessandria, 319-335: 333-334 I. Vassis, 2002, Leon Magistros Choirosphaktes, Chiliostichos Theologia, Berlin-New York: 73
Number of verses	8
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Eleonora Lauro Contributor(s) Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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