Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20161
(formerly occ/3801)

	τὸ ψῦχος ἡμᾶς οὐκ ἐ\|ῶν πλείω λέγ(ειν),
	ἐνταῦθα πείθει καταπαῦσαι τ(ὸν) λόγ(ον)· \|
	ὅν καὶ διελθεῖν ἀσφαλῶς, σπεύσατέ μοι·
	οὐδὲν \| φέροντα γρίφον οὐδὲ ποικίλον·
	πάντη δὲ ληπτ(ὸν) \| (καὶ) κομιδῆ νηπίω·
	καὶ τ(ὸν) λογισμ(ὸν) οὐκ ἔχοντι πα\|γίως·
	ὡς τῆτες ἢ πρότριτα καὶ προβραχέ(ως), \|
	σχεδογραφικ(ῶν) ἠργμένω πονημάτων :+

Type(s)	[4075] Τὸ ψῦχος ἡμᾶς οὐκ ἐῶν πλείω λέγειν (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 2 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 199v
Person(s)	Scribe Barlaam (14th c.) - VGH: 53.B - PLP: II.2274
Palaeographical information	The verses are integrated seamlessly into the main text, with no clear distinction between prose and verse. This lack of differentiation was previously observed by Rostagno-Festa (1893: 131) and Bandini (1770:7*): 'senarii sine versuum distinctione'.
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies a series of schedographical texts (see Giannachi).
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1770, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 3), Florence: 7* E. Rostagno, N. Festa 1893, Indice dei Codici Greci Laurenziani non compresi nel catalogo del Bandini, Studi Italiani di Filologia Classica (SIFC), 1, 129-232: 131 Secondary F. Giannachi 2013, Per la storia dell'istruzione bizantina in Terra d'Otranto: la schedografia di Stefano di Nardò, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 13, 103-125: 115
Number of verses	8
Related occurrence(s)	[37388] Ψαλμῶν ὁ πρῶτο(ς) πρῶτ(ον) ἐν θ(ε)ῶ λέγει [12th-13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Pantokratoros 234 [12th-13th c.] (f. 262r-263r) (356 verses) (1/8) [24876] καὶ σὲ τρέφω γάλακτι τῶ νοοτρόφω [1291-1300] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 92 [1291-1300] (f. 136v) (6 verses) (1/8)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Kristoffel Demoen Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Juan Bautista Juan López, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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