Occurrence 35807

Type(s) [35808] Ἔπειτα δὲ γέγονε καὶ πατριάρχης (2 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)
Contextual information The epigram is located right below Bessarion's coat of arms. Another book epigram is written above the coat of arms.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Patron-related epigram
Subject(s) Basileios Bessarion (1399-1400 - 18/11/1472) - RGK: I.41, II.61, III.77 - VGH: 59.E - PLP: II.2707 (kardinalios)
Comment The epigram seems to be a continuation of the one located above Bessarion's coat of arms. According to Despotakis (2021: 410), Plousiadenos added this note right after Bessarion was appointed as Latin patriarch of Constantinople (May 27th, 1463).
Image source(s) https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2683a4b3-6bfc-4171-8943-a5c32fcb415f/surfaces/b315c412-4459-4e05-a525-32778ca480e5/#
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Number of verses 2
Acknowledgements Information on the occurrence courtesy of Georgi Parpulov.

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