Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 7108
(formerly typ/5005)

	Φυτοῦ φεραυγοῦς χρωματουργίαν βλέπων
	ἅπας θεατὴς ζωγράφον τούτου νόει
	κλεινὸν τὲ Νικόδημον εὐκλεοῦς φύτλης
	Ξενοφῶν ἐκείνου τῶν ἐπισήμων γένει.

Text source	A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 119-120
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Reader-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Nikodemos (14th-15th c.) - PLP: VIII.20356
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Beauty of the book Entreaty (asked to readers) Miniature Self-presentation
Translation(s)	Auf das Farbenspiel der lichtbringenden Pflanze blickend – jeder Betrachter, denke an deren Maler und zwar an den berühmten Nikodemos aus ruhmvollem Geschlecht jenes Xenophon aus angesehener Familie. Language German Source(s) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 119
Comment	The last verse has thirteen syllables.
Bibliography	Primary B. Atsalos 2000, Termes byzantins relatifs à la décoration des manuscrits grecs, in G. Prato (ed.), I manoscritti greci tra riflessione e dibattito. Atti del V Colloquio Internazionale di Paleografia Greca Cremona, 4 - 10 ottobre 1998 (vol. 2), Firenze, 445-511: 481
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[26514] φυτοῦ φεραυγοῦς χρωματουργίαν βλεπων [14th-15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 36 [14th-15th c.] (f. 203v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Quinten Goethals The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	BEiÜ IV, FR1 Vassis ICB 2005, 846: "In imaginem arboris vitae a Nicodemo Xenophonte mon. pictam"
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