Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 34428

	Ὀρεστιάδος εὐτελοῦς ἀξίαν οἰκονόµου,
	καὶ διακόνου τῆς αὐτῆς ὀλβίας ἐκκλησίας,
	τοὐπώνυμον Κατακαλὼν τὴν κλῆσιν Ἰωάννου,
	πόθου κρατίστου πόνημα τῷ θείῳ στεφηφόρῳ
	Παλαιολόγῳ τῷ στερρῷ καὶ τῷ χαριτωνύμῳ,
	τῷ χάρισι νικήσαντι τῶν θαλασσῶν πελάγη,
	τοῦ ποιμενάρχου προσταγαῖς τοῦ θείου τετυγμένον
	Ὀρεστιάδος τοῦ λαμπροῦ καὶ ξένου Πολυκάρπου.

Text source	A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 374
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Patron-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable
Subject(s)	Ioannes Katakalon (14th c.) - PLP: V.11427 (diakonos of Hadrianopolis < Turkey, oikonomos of Hadrianopolis < Turkey) John V Palaiologos of Didumoteichon (18/06/1332 - 16/02/1391) - PLP: IX.21485 Polykarpos - PLP: X.23515 (poimenarches of Hadrianopolis < Turkey)
Tag(s)	Dedication Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Comment	Text of Bandini (1764: 374) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary J. Migne, 1866, Patrologiae cursus completus. Series graeca (vol. 158), Paris: 961-962 A. Rhoby 2019, Poetry on Commission in Late Byzantium (13th-15th Century), in A. Rhoby, N. Zagklas, W. Hörandner (eds.), A Companion to Byzantine Poetry, Leiden, 264-304: 289
Number of verses	8
Occurrence(s)	[34429] ὀρεστιάδος εὐτελοῦς (...) οἰκονόµου [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 8, Cod. 23 [15th c.] (f. 123r) (8 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(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, 545: "Ioannes Catacalon diac. Orestiadis, In laudem Ioannis Palaeologi imp. (tit.)"
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