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Occurrence 16993
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	+ εἴληφε τέρμα βίβλος \| ἡγλαϊσμένη·
	χ(ριστο)υ φέρου\|σα τοὺς θεοφθόγγους λό\|γους·
	ἔγραψε ταύτην νι\|κόλαος ἐν πόθω·
	ἐν ἐ\|πισκόποις ἀρχιερεὺς ὑ\|πάρχων·
	γαίας καλαβρί\|τιδος ῥιγίου πόλις·
	καὶ \| σικελίας θρηνακρί\|τιδος \| χώρας·
	θησαυρὸν αὐ\|τὴν ὥσπερ ἄφθαρτον \| μέγα·
	ἔχειν θελήσας \| παντὸς ἐυκλεεστέραν· \|
	χρυσοῦ σμαράγδου \| τʹ ἀργύρου τε πορφύρας· \|
	καὶ μαργάρων τε τῶν \| σελασφορων λίαν·
	ὕ\|λης τε πάσης φιλτάτης \| ψευδολόγω·
	τὰ φθαρ\|τὰ γὰρ πέφυκε τέρ\|πειν ἀφρόνων·
	κτη\|\|νῶν δίκην αἴσθησιν \| οἱ χ(ριστο)υ λόγοι·
	τέρπουσιν \| φωτίζουσιν ἐμφρόνων \| νόας·
	καὶ προξενοῦσι \| τῶν μελλόντων τὸ κλέος·

Type(s)	[2438] Εἴληφε τέρμα βίβλος ἡγλαϊσμένη (15 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	January 1037
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1650 [January 1037]
Place in Manuscript	f. 185v
Person(s)	Patron Nikolaos (11th c.) - RGK: III.217 - VGH: 140.C (archiepiskopos of Rhegion < Calabria < Southern Italy < Italy) Scribe Theodoros (11th c.) - RGK: III.217 - VGH: 140.C
Palaeographical information	Written in Auszeichnungsmajuskel and in a fawn ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is part of a cycle of book epigrams written on ff. 185v-186r, right after the "In Epistulam ad Philemonem argumentum et homiliae 1-3" by John Chrysostom.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Nikolaos (11th c.) - RGK: III.217 - VGH: 140.C (archiepiskopos of Rhegion < Calabria < Southern Italy < Italy)
Image source(s)	http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=30&left=2&top=49&site=INTF&image=30623/0/3720/10/863
Bibliography	Primary F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1982, Σημειώματα ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων ὡς πηγὴ διὰ τὴν ἔρευναν τοῦ οἰκονομικοῦ καὶ κοινωνικοῦ βίου τοῦ Βυζαντίου ἀπὸ τοῦ 9ου αἰῶνος μέχρι τοῦ ἔτους 1204, Athens: 153 C. Giannelli, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1485-1683 (vol. 5), Vatican City: 372 I. Hutter, 2022, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Corpus der Italogriechischen dekorierten Handschriften der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (vol. 6.1), Stuttgart: 109 K. Lake, S. Lake, 1937, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200. Manuscripts in Rome, part I (vol. 7), Boston: 15 G. Mercati, 1941, Nuove note di letteratura biblica e cristiana antica, Vatican City: 75 K. Staab, 1926, Die Pauluskatenen nach den handschriftlichen Quellen untersucht, Rome: 259-260 display 3 more references (6 in total) hide 3 references (6 in total) Secondary F. Bernard, K. Demoen 2019, Book epigrams, in A. Rhoby, N. Zagklas, W. Hörandner (eds.), A Companion to Byzantine Poetry, Leiden, 404-429: 418-419 D. Bianconi 2013, Libri e paratesti metrici a Bisanzio nell’ XI secolo. In margine a una recente pubblicazione, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 13, 297-314: 300-306 S. Lucà 2009, Sulla sottoscrizione in versi del Vat. gr. 2000 (ff. 1-154), in C. Braidotti, E. Dettori, E. Lanzillotta (eds.), Οὐ πᾶν ἐφήμερον. Scritti in memoria di Roberto Pretagostini, Rome, 275-308: 295-296
Number of verses	15
Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'. Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis, Eleonora Lauro Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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