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	+ βίβλος πέφυκα πρὸς λόγους γηροτρόφος·
	γηρῶσα τῷ νῷ καὶ νεάζουσα πάλιν, \|
	τῶν γραμμάτ(ων) καίνισιν ἐκ πολλαχόθεν·
	τοίνυν πρὸς ἔνδον εἰσφέρω τῶν ἐγκάτων, \|
	βίους ἀνάκτων τῆς νέας ῥωμαΐδος·
	ῥώμης παλαιτάτης τὲ καὶ τριπεμπέλου· \|
	πολλῶν τὲ πάντων τῶν βεβασιλευκότων,
	πέρσαις τὲ χαλδαίοις τε καὶ ἀσσυρίοις· \|
	πόνημα καὶ γὰρ πανσόφου κωνσταντίνου,
	πέλω μανασσῆ τοῦ γραμματικω(...)

Type(s)	[3720] Βίβλος πέφυκα πρὸς λόγους γηροτρόφους (18 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1301-1325
Manuscript	OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. T. 2.5 [1301-1325]
Place in Manuscript	f. 223r
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink, in two columns. The end of the last verse is not visible due to material damage.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of Constantine Manasses' Compendium chronicum and is followed by another book epigram.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Constantine Manasses (1130-1187) - PBW: Konstantinos/302/
Comment	Coxe (1969: 761): 'versus decem iambici a P. Labbe exscripti, et in ed. Byzant. p. 191 impressi'. Cataldi Palau (2011: 214) gives only the first and last verse.
Bibliography	Primary I. Bekker, 1837, Constantini Manassis Breviarium Historiae Metricum, Bonn: 287 A. Cataldi Palau, 2011, A Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts from the Meerman Collection in the Bodleian Library, Oxford: 214 A. Paul, A. Rhoby, 2019, Konstantinos Manasses. Verschronik, Stuttgart: 59-60 Secondary H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 761
Number of verses	10
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Julián Bértola Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Julián Bértola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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