Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 29765

	Ζωὴ τε καὶ θάνατος ὡς πύλαι δύο
	Μέσον δὲ τούτων ὁ γλυκὺς οὗτος βίος
	Οὐδεὶς εἰσῆλθε τὴν πύλην τῆς εἰσόδου
	Ὃς οὐ παρῆλθε τὴν πύλην τῆς ἐξόδου

Type(s)	[2217] Ζωὴ τε καὶ θάνατος ὡς πύλαι δύο (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1451-1500
Manuscript	CAMBRIDGE - University Library - Ll. II. 13 [1451-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 184r
Person(s)	Scribe Georgios Hermonymos of Sparta < Laconia < Peloponnesos < Greece (1451-1500) - RGK: I.61, II.80, III.102 - VGH: 74.C - PLP: III.6125
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of the manuscript and is followed by another epigram.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Image source(s)	http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=33&left=5&top=52&site=INTF&image=30070/0/3690/10/550
Bibliography	Primary H. Luard, 1980, A Catalogue of the Manuscripts preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge (vol. 4), Hildesheim-New York: 27
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[17647] Ζωὴ καὶ θάνατος ὡς πύλαι δύο [15th c.] CAMBRIDGE - University Library - Kk. V. 35 [15th c.] (f. 402v) (4 verses) (4/4)
Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'. Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Transcriber(s) 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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