Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3294
(formerly typ/1431)

	Ὧδε γεωγραφίη λάχε Στράβωνος τέλος ἤδη,
	ἣν Χρυσοκόκκης γράψε Γεώργιος χερσὶν ἑῇσι·
	Φραγκίσκου Φιλέλφοιο πόροντος διφθέρας καὶ τἄλλα
	ἀναλώματα πάντα· ποιησαμένου ἑὸν κτῆμα
	πυκτίδα ἀρίστην ἄγαν ἠδὲ σοφίας πλήρη.

Text source	E. Miller, 1848, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque de l'Escurial, Paris: 126-127
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Patron-related epigram Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet George Chrysokokkes (15th c.) - RGK: II.95, III.127 - VGH: 86.G - PLP: XII.31141 (diakonos)
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Franciscus Philelphus (1398-1481) - RGK: II.520, III.606 - VGH: 105.B - PLP: XII.29803 George Chrysokokkes (15th c.) - RGK: II.95, III.127 - VGH: 86.G - PLP: XII.31141 (diakonos) Strabo (1st c. BC-1st c.)
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Dedication Possession Reference to content of the book Self-presentation
Bibliography	Primary B. Atsalos 1972, Ἡ ὁρολογία τῶν χειρογράφων κατὰ τὴ βυζαντινὴ ἐποχή, μέρος δεύτερο: ἄλλες ὀνομασίες τῆς περγαμηνῆς, Ελληνικά, 25, 78-102: 90 É. Legrand, 1892, Cent-dix lettres grecques de François Filelfe, Paris: 15 A. Revilla, 1936, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial (vol. 1), Madrid: 473 Secondary N. Aschenbrenner, K. Kubina 2022, Word as Bond in an Age of Division: John Eugenikos as Orator, Partisan, and Poet, Speculum, 97(4), 1101-1143: 1126
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[19135] ὧδε γεωγραφίη λάχε στράβωνος τέλος ἤδη [1423] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Τ.II.7 [1423] (f. 305v) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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, 882: "Georg. Chrysococces, Subscriptio in Strabonis geogr. (Escor. T.II.7/305v)"
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