Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5988
(formerly typ/3981)

	Ἐκ τῶν ἰάμβων συντεθεὶς σοφωτάτως
	τοῦ γραμματικοῦ καὶ σοφοῦ <διδασκάλου ?>.
	Ἡ πυκτὶς ἥδε τῶν σοφῶν ἀνακτόρων
	πανευσεβῆ δόγματα καὶ νόμους ἔχει
	ἀρχῆς δ' ἀπ' ἄκρης ἀλφαβήτου τὴν θέσιν
	ἀφ' ὧν τὸ καθέκαστον εἰσφέρει γράμμα,
	τίτλους κεφαλαίων τε καὶ δικῶν κρίσεις,
	καὶ τῶν νεαρῶν ἐκλογὰς βασιλέως
	Λέοντος υἱοῦ τοῦ κυροῦ Βασιλείου,
	ὃς τῆς φυλῆς ὥρμητο τῶν Μακεδόνων·
	αὖθις μετ' αὐτὰς Ῥωμανοῦ τοῦ δεσπότου
	τοῦ Λακαπηνοῦ τοῦ γέροντος τοῦ χρη<στοῦ>·
	πρὸς ταῖς δὲ πάλιν τοῦ κυροῦ Κωνσταντίνου,
	ὃς πορφύραν ἔσχηκεν γένναν αἰσίαν·
	ἔτι γε Φωκᾶ τοῦ κυροῦ Νικηφόρου,
	σὺν αἷς Βασιλείου τε βλαστοῦ πορφύρας,
	καὶ πατριαρχῶν εὐσεβοῦς Σισιννίου·
	Ῥοπὰς δὲ πάλιν ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης λέγω
	ἄχρις ἑκατὸν τῶν χρόνων πληρουμένας
	καὶ τὰς ἀγωγὰς φημὶ δεστιανίβους.
	Ἐν τῷ τέλει δὲ τῶνδε τῶν θείων νόμων
	καὶ λέξεων μάλιστα λεξικὸν φέρει
	τῶν ῥωμαϊκῶν ῥημάτων ἅπαν γρῖφον
	σαφὲς καθιστῶν τῷ νόμους ἠσκημένῳ,
	οὓς νουνεχῶς τις <καὶ ?> προθύμως σὲ μάθῃ,
	οὔπω σκολιοῖς προσκυρήσει τ(...)ω.

Text source	N. Svoronos, 1964, Recherches sur la tradition juridique à Byzance: la Synopsis major des basiliques et ses appendices, Paris: 174-175
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Basileios II (958 - 15/12/1025) - PMBZ: 22991: "Personenkennziffer: 20838" (basileus) Konstantinos VII Porphyrogennetos (May 905 - 09/11/959) - PBW: Konstantinos/7/ - PMBZ: 25888: "Personenkennziffer: 23734" Law Leo VI the Philosopher (866-912) - PMBZ: 26465: "Personenkennziffer: 24311" Nikephoros II Phokas of Konstantinoupolis < Turkey (912 - 11/12/969) - PMBZ: 27689: "Personenkennziffer: 25535" (basileus) Romanos I Lekapenos (870 - 15/06/948) - PBW: Romanos/1/ - PMBZ: 28995: "Personenkennziffer: 26841" Sisinnios II (901-950 - 24/08/998) - PMBZ: 29272: "Personenkennziffer: 27118" (patriarches of Konstantinoupolis < Turkey)
Tag(s)	Pinax Reference to content of the book
Comment	Text of Svoronos (1964: 174-175) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary A. Revilla, 1936, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial (vol. 1), Madrid: 128-129
Number of verses	26
Occurrence(s)	[23434] Ἐκ τῶν ἱάμβων ἀντεθεὶς σοφωτάτο(ς) [13th c.] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca R.II.12 [13th c.] (f. 1r) (26 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Cristina Cocola, 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, 215: "In contenta libri iuridici"
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Type 5988 (formerly typ/3981)

Type 5988
(formerly typ/3981)