Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2191
(formerly typ/256)

Σταυρὸς <ὅδ᾽> ἐστὶ τῶν γραφόντων τὸ σθένος.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 329
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Holy Cross
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Description of an image Miniature
Translation(s)	Das Kreuz hier ist die Kraft der Schreibenden. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 329
Bibliography	Primary A. Olivieri, N. Festa 1895, Indice dei codici greci delle biblioteche Universitaria e Comunale di Bologna, Studi Italiani di Filologia Classica (SIFC), 3, 385-495: 435 C. Samberger, 1965, Catalogi codicum graecorum qui in minoribus bibliothecis Italicis asservantur (vol. 1), Leipzig: 53
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[17632] στ(αυ)ρ(ὸ)ς ἐστὶ τῶν γραφόντων τὸ σθένος [14th-15th c.] BOLOGNA - Biblioteca Universitaria 3568 [14th-15th c.] (f. 119r) (1 verse)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Lotte van Olmen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, IT1 Vassis ICB 2005, 686: "Librarii nota"
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Last modified: 2019-12-02.