Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4449
(formerly typ/2551)

	Καλῶς διελθὼν ταυτηνὶ τὴν πυξίδα,
	πέλαγος ἀόριστον γνώσεως λάχῃς.

Text source	K. Demoen 2022, Reading: Book Epigrams - Introduction, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1369-1380: 1375
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Spiritual value of the book
Translation(s)	If you read this volume in the right way, you will acquire an endless sea of knowledge. Language English Source(s) K. Demoen 2022, Reading: Book Epigrams - Introduction, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1369-1380: 1375
Bibliography	Primary E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 1), Milan: 284
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[20881] καλ(ῶς) διελθὼν ταυτηνὶ τ(ὴν) πυξίδ(α) [15th-16th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana D 90 sup. [1176-1200] (f. 383r) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 394: "In Greg. Nazianzeni orationes"
Permalink	https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/4449

Last modified: 2022-10-12.