Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23226
(formerly occ/7127)

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Ὁ κλεινὸς αἴας τῶν ἀχιλλείων ὅπλων,
χόλῳ βαρυνθεὶς ἕκτορος θνήσκη ξίφει:-
Type(s) [3438] Ὁ κλεινὸς Αἴας τῶν Ἀχιλλείων ὅπλων (2 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 1446-1455
Manuscript EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Ψ.IV.15 [1446-1455]
Place in Manuscript f. 116r
Palaeographical information The initial is written in red ink.
Contextual information Written at the end of Sophocles' Aias.
The verses are followed by another book epigram.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Text-related epigram
Subject(s)
Image source(s) https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/16627#?xywh=-592%2C391%2C2546%2C1111&cv=241
Bibliography

Secondary

G. de Andrés Martínez, 1967, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial. Códices 421-649 (vol. 3), Madrid: 101
Number of verses 2
Related occurrence(s)
Acknowledgements
Creator(s)
Maria Tomadaki
Transcriber(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Contributor(s)
Maria Tomadaki, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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