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)
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Nikodemos (14th-15th c.)
Tag(s)
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

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Identification
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