Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21470
(formerly occ/5290)

	ἐν γραμμ(αῖς) τ(ὸν) κόσμ(ον) ἀριθμηθέντα νόησ(ον)·
	ἄρκτ(ους) ὠκεαν(όν)· δύσιν· ἀντολί(ην) τε· νότ(ον) τε·
	χεῖμα· θέρο(ς)· φυσικάς τ' ἀτραπ(οὺς), σκολιάς τε κελεύθ(ους)·
	αἰθίοπάς τ᾿ ἀδρανεῖς· γερμαν(ῶν) δύσμορα φῦλα·
	σαυρομάτ(ας) χοίροισ(ιν) ἐοικότ(ας), ἠδὲ (καὶ) αὐτ(ῆς)
	αἰνομόρου σκυθί(ης) χαλεπ(ὸν) γένο(ς), ἄχρις ἐς ἠῶ·
	ἰνδ(ῶν) τε σηρ(ῶν) τε· τὸ, γὰρ πέρ(ας) ἀντολί(ης) γῆς:-

Type(s)	[3244] Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th-15th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 337 [14th-15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 264r
Palaeographical information	It is written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of Claudius Ptolemy's Geography.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.)
Bibliography	Secondary R. Devreesse, 1945, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des manuscripts. Catalogue des manuscripts grecs. Le fonds Coislin (vol. 2), Paris: 321
Number of verses	7
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