Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3634
(formerly typ/1736)

	Καὶ τήνδε βίβλον, ἣν ὁρᾷς, καλήν, φίλος,
	Ἰγνάτιος ἔγραψεν ὁ Σηλυβρίας.

Text source	I. Hutter, 1993, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Oxford Christ Church (vol. 4), Stuttgart: 157
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Ioannes Chortasmenos (monkname Ignatios) (1370 - 1436-1437) - RGK: I.191, II.252, III.315 - VGH: 158.D, 175.B, 203.A - PLP: XII.30897 (metropolites of Selymbria < Turkey)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Ioannes Chortasmenos (monkname Ignatios) (1370 - 1436-1437) - RGK: I.191, II.252, III.315 - VGH: 158.D, 175.B, 203.A - PLP: XII.30897 (metropolites of Selymbria < Turkey)
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Beauty of the book Completion of the book Self-presentation
Comment	Text of Hutter (1993: 157) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[19369] (καὶ) τήνδε βΐβλον ἣν ὁρᾶς καλ(ὴν) φΐλος [1430] OXFORD - Christ Church College 56 [1430] (f. 1r) (2 verses) [23662] καὶ τήνδε βίβλον ἣν ὁρᾶς καλ(ήν) φίλος [1391] OXFORD - Christ Church College 56 [1430] (f. 402r) (2 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, 384: "Ioann. Chortasmenus, Subscr."
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Last modified: 2022-01-11.