Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 33696

Απας ὁρῶν μοι τήνδε τὴν βίβλον νόει,
Βίον ἅμα γε τοῦ πονήσαντος ταύτην·
Γνώσει γὰρ μᾶλλον συγγινώσκειν ἐννόμ(ως),
Δι' ὧν φύσει πρόσεστιν ἡ αμαρτία,
Ἔνοικος οὖσα, τῶ βίω (καὶ) τῶ χρόνω·
Ζητεῖς δ' ὅπ(ως) κέκληθ' ὁ γεγραφὼς ταύτην;
Ἤκουσε το πρὶν, δημήτριος τὴν κλῆσιν,
Θέσει δὲ πεπαγωμένον τοῦτον νόει·
Ἰδεῖν δὲ βούλει (καὶ) δίαιταν τὴν τούτου;
Κύκλος μὲν αὐτὸν οὐκ αφῆκε τοῦ χρόνου,
Λαβεῖν ὅσον ἐνῆν κόρον τῆς παιδείας·
Μυεῖται δ' αὖ ἰατρικῆς τε (καὶ) λόγου,
Νόμοι ὅσον παρῆκαν οἷ γε τοῦ βίου·
Ξενίζεται δὲ (καὶ) πρὸς τούτ(ων) εἰκότως,
Ὅσον βίος δίδωσι πλούτου (καὶ) δόξης·
Πλουτεῖ γὰρ ὡς μάταιον πρὸς τὰ μὴ ὄντα·
Ῥύσιον οὐδὲν φεῦ ἄξων τῶν τοῦ βίου,
Σῶστρ' οἷον ὤμοι κηρὸς ταλαίνης·
Τοίνυν ὁ τήνδε τὴν βίβλον κεκτημένος,
Ὕπεστι (καὶ) γὰρ ταῖς κυκλῆσι τοῦ χρόνου,
Φέροντος πάντ' ἄνω κάτω τὲ ῥαδίως,
Χεῖρας θ(ε)ῶ μοι γνησί(ως) γε σπεῦδ' αἴρειν,
Ψυχῆς μοι δοῦναι τὴν φίλην σ(ωτη)ρίαν,
Ὡς ἂν τύχω χάριν τι τῆς δέλτου μνήμης: +
Type(s) [33695] Ἅπας ὁρῶν μοι τήνδε τὴν βίβλον νόει (24 verses)
Text source DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status Text completely known
Date 15th c.
Manuscript PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2256 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript f. 8v
Person(s)
Scribe
Demetrios Pepagomenos (14th c. - 15th c.) - RGK: II.133 - VGH: 104.E - PLP: IX.22359
Palaeographical information Written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information The epigram introduces the medical collection transmitted in this manuscript, compiled by Demetrios Pepagomenos, a physician who also wrote part of this manuscript himself (ff. 2r–142r, 382v–625v).
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)
Subject(s) Demetrios Pepagomenos (14th c. - 15th c.) - RGK: II.133 - VGH: 104.E - PLP: IX.22359
Image source(s) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107227692/f14.item
Bibliography

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Number of verses 24
Acknowledgements Information on the occurrence courtesy of Georgi Parpulov.

Creator(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Transcriber(s)
Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
Contributor(s)
Rachele Ricceri
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