Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2483
(formerly typ/562)

	Πύλην ἀπλανῆ τῆς γραφῆς, ὃς ἂν θέλῃ,
	ὀρθῶς διελθὼν καὶ συνηριθμημένως
	πάντων ἀκριβῶς τῶν ἐμῶν γινωσκέτω·
	ἐξ ὧν ἀμέμπτως οἴσεται κρίνειν λόγον,
	πτῶσιν, ἀριθμὸν, εἶδος, σχῆμα καὶ γένος.
	Σοφῷ λογισμῷ τοιγαροῦν προσερχέσθω,
	καὶ παιδοτρίβῃ κάραν ὑποκλινέτω·
	οὕτω γὰρ ἂν δρέψεται καλλίων ἄκρον.

Text source	E. Miller 1874, Lexiques Grecs Inédits, Annuaire de l'association pour l'encouragement des études grecques en France, 8, 222-284: 250
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Grammar
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary R. Devreesse, 1937, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 330-603 (vol. 2), Vatican City: 242
Number of verses	8
Occurrence(s)	[21517] Πύλην ἀπλανῆ τῆς γραφῆς, ὃς ἂν θέλη [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 1192 [15th c.] (f. 23r) (8 verses) [17981] ύλην ἀπλανῆ τῆς γραφῆς ὃς ἂν θέλη [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 468 [14th c.] (f. 356v) (8 verses) [22455] Πύλην ἀπλανῆ τῆς γραφῆς ὃς ἂν θέλη [15th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. X 9 [15th c.] (f. 1r) (8 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 654: "In erotemata grammaticae (tit.)"
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Last modified: 2020-03-20.