Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 36271

	ἀρχὴν απαντ(ων) (καὶ) βιοῦ τέλους·
	βιοῦ \| τὸ κέρδὸς εκβηοῦ καθημέρ(αν)
	γίνωσκε \| πάντ(ων) τ(ὸν) καλον τὰ δράγματα· \|
	θήμ(ὼν) χαληνου μί φρεν(ὸν) εξο πέ\|σης·
	ξεν(ὸν) ξένηζε μί (καὶ) σει ξέν(ως) γενοῦ

Type(s)	[6636] Ἀρχὴν ἁπάντων καὶ τέλος ποιοῦ Θεόν (24 verses)
Text source	I. Hutter, 2022, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Corpus der Italogriechischen dekorierten Handschriften der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (vol. 6.1), Stuttgart: 360
Text status	Text completely known
Date	13th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. Pio II 47 [1026-1050]
Place in Manuscript	f. 154r
Palaeographical information	According to Hutter (2022: 360), the epigram was added by the same (or a similar) hand that left a note on f. 153v (13th c.).
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Comment	A later hand (probably 13th c.) copied the first five verses of the Carmina paraenetica from fols. 1v and 2r (Hutter 2022: 360).
Number of verses	5
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