Occurrence 37387

Type(s) [2326] Οἶδ’, ὅτι θνατὸς ἐγὼ καὶ ἐφάμερος· ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἄστρων (4 verses)
Text status Text completely known
Date 1251-1300
Manuscript VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 303 (coll. 534) [1251-1400]
Place in Manuscript f. 39r
Palaeographical information The epigram is copied by the scribe responsible for ff. 39r-66v, 71r-v col. a (illustrations), 72v col. b l. 32 - 89r col. a l. 6., 89r col. b - 91r col. a (Acerbi & Gioffreda 2019, 19).

According to Acerbi & Bianconi 2020, 230, this hand dates to the second half of the 13th c. and corresponds to hand G of the Vat. gr. 191 (hand G is responsible for its ff. 157r col. a l. 3 - 158v col. b; 158v col. c ll. 12-54; 158v col. d l. 4 - 161r col. a l. 43, according to Acerbi & Gioffreda 2019, 41). It also appears in a part of Oxon. Barocci 131 and in Par. gr. 1917 (ff. 1r-16v). The characteristic traits of this hand are listed in Acerbi & Bianconi 2020, 230-231 (cf. Acerbi & Gioffreda 2019, 19 and 41).

All verses have equal length. No indentation for pentameters.
Contextual information The epigram precedes the text of Ptolemy's Almagest, which begins on the same page.
Metre(s) Elegiacs
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Number of verses 4
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Acknowledgements Information on the occurrence courtesy of Ioanna Skoura.

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