Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 36917

	Ἐπίγραμμα τοῦ Πτολεμαίου

	οἶδ' ὅτι θνητὸς ἔφυν (καὶ) ἐφήμιρος ἀλλ' ὅταν ἄστρων
	μαστεύω. πυκνὰς ἀμφιδρόμους ἕλικας.
	οὐκέτ' ἐπιψαύω γαίης ποσιν, ἀλλὰ παρ’ αὐτῶ
	ζηνὶ θεοτροφέος πίμπλαμαι ἀμβροσίης.

Type(s)	[2326] Οἶδ’, ὅτι θνατὸς ἐγὼ καὶ ἐφάμερος· ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἄστρων (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1451-1500
Manuscript	MANCHESTER - John Rylands University Library Christie 3.f.33 [1451-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 56r
Palaeographical information	Greek humanist minuscule with decorative majuscule heading; semi-cursive script with ligatures. The title and initial are written in red ink and the initial is decorated.
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.) Zeus
Bibliography	Secondary C. Leigh, 1915, Catalogue of the Christie collection, Manchester: 466
Number of verses	4
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Acknowledgements	Information on the occurrence courtesy of Georgi Parpulov. Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of Georgi Parpulov. Creator(s) Juan Bautista Juan López Transcriber(s) Juan Bautista Juan López The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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