Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3479
(formerly typ/1602)

	Τοῦτον ἀνὴρ Γαζῆς λόγιός τε φίλος τε Φιλέλφῳ
	Φραγκίσκῳ μοι καλὸν Θεόδωρος γράψεν Ὅμηρον.

Text source	É. Legrand, 1885, Bibliographie Hellénique ou description raisonnée des ouvrages publiés par des Grecs aux XVe et XVIe siècles (vol. 1), Paris: XLVIII
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Franciscus Philelphus (1398-1481) - RGK: II.520, III.606 - VGH: 105.B - PLP: XII.29803 Theodore Gazes (1398-1478) - RGK: I.128, II.165, III.211 - VGH: 137.A - PLP: II.3450
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Franciscus Philelphus (1398-1481) - RGK: II.520, III.606 - VGH: 105.B - PLP: XII.29803 Homer (8th c. BC) Theodore Gazes (1398-1478) - RGK: I.128, II.165, III.211 - VGH: 137.A - PLP: II.3450
Tag(s)	Possession Reference to content of the book Self-presentation
Translation(s)	Teodoro Gaza, uomo saggio e amico, scrisse questo bell’Omero per me, Francesco Filelfo. Language Italian Source(s) D. Speranzi 2012, "De' libri che furono di Teodoro": una mano, due pratiche e una biblioteca scomparsa, Medioevo e rinascimento, 26, 319-354: 331, n. 26
Comment	As represented in Laur. Plut. 32, Cod. 1 (f. 654v), the epigram is followed by a Latin translation: 'Eloquio pollens gazes et amore philelfo hunc mihi francisco theodorus scripsit homerum'. The authorship of this poem is debated. According to some researchers, the poem might well be attributed to Franciscus Philelphus, based on palaeographical grounds and the fact that the first person speaking in the epigram is Philelphus (cf. Pontani (1992: 116-117) and Speranzi (2012: 331, n. 26) with further literature).
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 121 D. Speranzi 2011, L'eredita di Bisanzio nelle biblioteche dei Medici, in M. Bernabò (ed.), Voci dell'Oriente. Miniature e testi classici da Bisanzio alla Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Florence, 193-243: 222 D. Speranzi 2012, "De' libri che furono di Teodoro": una mano, due pratiche e una biblioteca scomparsa, Medioevo e rinascimento, 26, 319-354: 331 Secondary A. Pontani 1992, Le maiuscole greche antiquarie di Giano Lascaris. Per la storia dell’alfabeto greco in Italia nel ‘400, Scrittura e Civiltà, 16, 77-227: 116, n. 102-117, n. 102
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[19389] Τοῦτον ἀνὴρ γαζῆς λόγιός τε φίλος τε φιλέλφῳ [1440-1443] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 32, Cod. 1 [1440-1443] (f. 654v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Information on the type courtesy of Krystina Kubina. Contributor(s) Lev Shadrin, 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, 798: "Theod. Gazes, Subscr. in librum Homeri (Laur. 32.1)"
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