Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6035
(formerly typ/4019)

	Καὶ χρήμαθ᾽ ἃ λόγος ἄνακτι τῷ Λυδίας νέμει,
	Φιλέλφος ὁ σοφὸς οὐδὲν οἰόμενος μέγα,
	πρὸς κτῆσιν αὐτὴν παντοδαπῶν γε πυκτίων,
	πολλ’ ἄλλα πάνυ γε καὶ τόδε ἔχων τυγχάνει,
	χειρὶ γραφὲν τῇ Χρυσοκόκη τε καὶ ἐμῇ.

Text source	D. Speranzi 2012, "De' libri che furono di Teodoro": una mano, due pratiche e una biblioteca scomparsa, Medioevo e rinascimento, 26, 319-354: 329
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Theodore Gazes (1398-1478) - RGK: I.128, II.165, III.211 - VGH: 137.A - PLP: II.3450
Metre(s)	Iambic trimeter
Subject(s)	Franciscus Philelphus (1398-1481) - RGK: II.520, III.606 - VGH: 105.B - PLP: XII.29803 George Chrysokokkes (15th c.) - RGK: II.95, III.127 - VGH: 86.G - PLP: XII.31141 (diakonos) Kroisos of Lydia < Asia Minor < Turkey (6th c. BC) Theodore Gazes (1398-1478) - RGK: I.128, II.165, III.211 - VGH: 137.A - PLP: II.3450
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Dedication Possession Self-presentation
Translation(s)	Poiché il saggio Filelfo ritiene che anche le ricchezze che la tradizione assegna al signore di Lidia non siano affatto grandi di fronte al possesso di libri di ogni genere, ne possiede molti altri ed anche questo, scritto da me e dal Crisococca. 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: 328, n. 21-329, n. 21
Comment	The meter is problematic.
Bibliography	Primary P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, H. Lietzmann, 1929, Specimina codicum graecorum vaticanorum, Berolini-Lipsiae: XX É. Legrand, 1885, Bibliographie Hellénique ou description raisonnée des ouvrages publiés par des Grecs aux XVe et XVIe siècles (vol. 1), Paris: XLVII Secondary J. Bértola, A. Ellis 2024, The Lost Poems on the Muses by Theodoros Gazes, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS), 64(3), 480-508: 481, n. 4
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[23525] Καὶ χρήμαθ' ἃ λόγος ἄνακτι τῷ λυδίας νέμει [1351-1450] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1334 [1421-1445] (f. 107v) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Information on the type courtesy of Krystina Kubina. 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, 389: "Librariorum subscr."
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