Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 30701

	Εἰ θέλεις δὲ καὶ τοὔνομα μαθεῖν τοῦ γεγραφότος,
	ἰδού, καὶ τοῦτο γράφω σοι καὶ ψηφίσας εὑρήσεις.
	Ὀκτὼ γράμματα ἔχει καὶ εἰσὶν ἐκ τούτων σύμφωνα πέντε·
	τρισύλλαβος ἐστίν, ἡ ὑστάτη καὶ μέση
	ἀνὰ τρία γράμματα ἔχει ἑκάστη· ἡ λοιπὴ δὲ τὰ λοιπὰ
	τοῦ παντὸς δ’ ἀριθμός εἰσιν, ἑκατοντάδες τρεῖς ἐκ τρίτου
	καὶ δεκάδες δὶς τετράκις· ἤγουν ὁ σύμπας
	ἀριθμὸς καὶ ψῆφος τοῦτων ἐννακὸς ὀγδοήκοντα.

Title(s)	Philippus Solitarius, Subscr. in Dioptram
Text source	Spyridon Lauriotes 1920, Βίβλος ἡ καλουμένη Διόπτρα, Ὁ Ἄθως, 1, 1-264: 10
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Philip Monotropos (12th c.) (monotropos)
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable Mixture Rhythmical prose
Subject(s)	Philip Monotropos (12th c.) (monotropos)
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Riddle
Translation(s)	Und willst du den Namen dessen, der dies schrieb, erfahren, so schreibe ich dir auch das, und wenn du rechnest, wirst du ihn herausbekommen. Er besteht aus acht Buchstaben, davon sind fünf Konsonanten. Er ist dreisilbig, die letzte und die mittlere (Silbe) haben je drei Buchstaben, die übrige den Rest. Die Summe von allem ist hundert mal drei und (nochmals) mal drei und zehn mal zwei mal vier; also beträgt die Summe 980. Language German Source(s) H. Miklas, J. Fuchsbauer, 2013, Die Kirchenslavishe Übersetzung der Dioptra des Philippos Monotropos, Wien: 338-340
Comment	The answer to the riddle is 'Philippos', the author of the Dioptra. The text can be found in manuscripts containing the 'Dioptra' of Philip Monotropos and usually follows a laudatory book epigram by Konstantinos Bestes Granatos. The same riddle (with some textual variation) is part of another epigram, which occurs at the end of the 'Dioptra' (type 4152). Text of Lauriotes (1920: 10) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary S. Eustratiades 1919, Ἁγιορειτικῶν κωδίκων σημειώματα, Γρηγόριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς, 3, 624-639: 629-630 H. Miklas, J. Fuchsbauer, 2013, Die Kirchenslavishe Übersetzung der Dioptra des Philippos Monotropos, Wien: 338-340 G. Pierleoni, 1962, Catalogus codicum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Neapolitanae (vol. 1), Roma: 186 Secondary N. Vanhoe, World Book Day blog: Voices from the margins (posted on: 2021-04-22).
Number of verses	8
Occurrence(s)	[30715] εἰ θέλεις δὲ καὶ τοὔνομα μαθεῖν τοῦ γεγραφότος [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 166 [14th c.] (f. 3r) (8 verses) [30716] εἰ θέλεις δὲ καὶ τοὔ\|νομα μαθεῖν τοῦ γεγραφότος [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Iberon 480 [14th c.] (f. 4r) (8 verses) [30717] Εἰ θέλεις δὲ καὶ τοὔνομα μαθεῖν τοῦ γεγραφότος [1095] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Ω 17 (Eustratiades 1827) [1095] (f. 5r) (8 verses) [30718] εἰ θέλεις δὲ καὶ τοὔνομα μαθεῖν τοῦ γεγραφότο[ς]· [13th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II B 25 [1276-1300] (f. 2r) (8 verses) [30719] εἰ θέλεις δὲ (καὶ) τοὔνομα μαθ(εῖν) τοῦ γεγραφότος [1318] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 341 [14th-15th c.] (f. 4v-5r) (8 verses) [30727] Εἰ θέλεις δὲ (καὶ) τοὔνομα μαθ(εῖν) τοῦ γεγραφότος [1191-1200] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2874 [1191-1200] (f. 2v) (8 verses) display 3 more occurrences (6 in total) hide 3 occurrences (6 in total)
Related type(s)	[4055] Ὁ τήνδε θέλων ἀναγνῶναι τὴν βίβλον (21 verses) (Same cycle) [4152] Ἐτελειώθη σὺν θεῷ καὶ τὸ παρὸν πτυκτίον (15 verses) (Variant (other wordings))
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Ilse De Vos The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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