Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6052
(formerly typ/4034)

Ἀρχὴ σὺν Θεῷ τῆς Ὁμηρείου βίβλου.

Title(s)	In initium Iliadis Homeri
Text source	F. Pontani 2010, The World on a Fingernail: An Unknown Byzantine Map, Planudes, and Ptolemy, Traditio, 65, 177-200: 180
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Homer (8th c. BC)
Tag(s)	Introduction to the subject Reference to content of the book
Critical Notes	1 Ὁμηρείου ] Ὁμηρείας Schreiner [1988:129]
Translation(s)	The beginning with God's help of the book of Homer. Language English Source(s) F. Pontani 2010, The World on a Fingernail: An Unknown Byzantine Map, Planudes, and Ptolemy, Traditio, 65, 177-200: 180
Bibliography	Primary P. Schreiner, 1988, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 867-932 (vol. 4), Vatican City: 129
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[23563] ἀρχὴ σὺν θ(ε)ῶ τῆς ὁμηρεί(ας) βίβλου [1276-1325] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 915 [1276-1325] (f. 47v) (1 verse)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Last modified: 2020-02-26.