Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 35802

σημαῖα σοφοῦ βησσαρίωνος ἧδε·
πρὶν μεν νικαίας ὄντος ἀρχιερέ(ως):
νῦν δ' ἐκκλησί(ας) καρδηνάλ(ου) ῥωμαί(ων):-
Type(s) [35803] Σημαῖα σοφοῦ βησσαρίωνος ᾗδε (3 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 1451-1500
Manuscript OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Holkham gr. 79 [1451-1500]
Place in Manuscript f. 4v
Person(s)
Scribe
Ioannes Plousiadenos of Crete < Greece (1429 - 09/08/1500) - RGK: I.176, II.234, III.294 - VGH: 185.H - PLP: X.23385 (archon, protopapas, psaltes, thytes)
Palaeographical information The initial of each verse is written in red ink.
Contextual information The epigram is located right above Bessarion's coat of arms. Another epigram is written below the coat of arms.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)
Subject(s) Basileios Bessarion (1399-1400 - 18/11/1472) - RGK: I.41, II.61, III.77 - VGH: 59.E - PLP: II.2707 (kardinalios)
Image source(s) https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2683a4b3-6bfc-4171-8943-a5c32fcb415f/surfaces/b315c412-4459-4e05-a525-32778ca480e5/#
Bibliography

Primary

E. Despotakis 2021, The MS Oxon. Bodl. Holkham gr. 79. Historical and Philological Remarks, in A. Rigo, N. Zorzi (eds.), I libri di Bessarione. Studi sui manoscritti del Cardinale a Venezia e in Europa, Turnhout, 405-414: 407
Number of verses 3
Acknowledgements Information on the occurrence courtesy of Georgi Parpulov.

Creator(s)
Eleonora Lauro
Transcriber(s)
Eleonora Lauro
Contributor(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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