Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21260
(formerly occ/5011)

	γῆς ὀυ(ρα)νοῦ ποίησιν φωστὴρ ὁ μέγας,
	βασίλειος δίδωσι τῆ\|δε τῆ βίβλω:-

Type(s)	[4688] Γῆς, ὀυρανοῦ ποίησιν φωστὴρ ὁ μέγας (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1426-1475
Manuscript	MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 240 [1426-1475]
Place in Manuscript	f. 64r
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink in the same hand and script as the main text.
Contextual information	The verses follow the 'Homiliae in Hexaemeron' by Basil the Great.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Basil the Great (330-379) (episkopos of Kaisareia < Cappadocia)
Image source(s)	http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0006/bsb00066840/images/index.html?id=00066840&fip=eayawxseayayztsewqeayasdasqrsxdsyd&no=8&seite=131
Bibliography	Primary K. Hajdú, 2012, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek München. Codices graeci Monacenses 181–265 (vol. 4), Wiesbaden: 307 I. Hardt, 1806, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum Bibliothecae Regiae Bavaricae. Cod. CCXXXIV-CCCXLVII continens (vol. 3), Munich: 13
Number of verses	2
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, 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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