Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19314
(formerly occ/2777)

	τοῦ μυτυληναίου

	+ αἴγυπτον ἄρδει νεῖλος ἀλλὰ τὴν κτίσ(ιν)
	λόγοις κατάρδει (καὶ) θανὼν νεῖλος μέγας: +

Type(s)	[3420] Αἴγυπτον ἄρδει Νεῖλος, ἀλλὰ τὴν κτίσιν (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	12th c.
Manuscript	FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 9, Cod. 18 [12th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 5r
Palaeographical information	Written twice on the top margin of the folio.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes the 'Logos Asketikos' of Neilos of Ankyra.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Subject(s)	Neilos of Ankyra (saint) (4th-5th c.) Nile (river)
Image source(s)	http://teca.bmlonline.it/ImageViewer/servlet/ImageViewer?idr=TECA0000612184&keyworks=plut.09.18#page/23/mode/1up
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1764, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 1), Florence: 420
Number of verses	2
Related occurrence(s)	[25432] Βρύεις ποταμοὺς ναμάτων σωτηρίων [12th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Γ 125 (Eustratiades 365) [12th c.] ((gen.) end of ms.) (5 verses) (1/2) [28440] αἴγυπτον ἄρδει νεῖλος ἀλλὰ τὴν κτίσ(ιν) [12th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 9, Cod. 18 [12th c.] (f. 5r) (2 verses) (2/2)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Lotte van Olmen
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