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Type 2391
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Ἤχημα Μουσῶν ἡ Θεοκρίτου σύριγξ.

Title(s)	Εἰς τὴν Σύριγγα Θεοκρίτου
Text source	E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 326
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Holobolos monkname Maximos (1245 - 1310-1314) - PLP: IX.21047 (grammatikos, retor)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Music Nine Muses Theokritos (315 BC-260 BC)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Translation(s)	Musarum sonitus Theocriti Syrinx. Language Latin Source(s) E. Cougny, 1890, Epigrammatum Anthologia Palatina cum Planudeis et Appendice nova epigrammatum veterum ex libris et marmoribus ductorum (vol. 3), Paris: 326
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 197 U. Bussemaker 1878, Scholia et paraphrases in Nicandrum et Oppianum, in F. Dübner (ed.), Scholia in Theocritum, Paris, 173-449: 111 P. Canart, 1970, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1745-1962. Codicum enarrationes (vol. 7.1), Vatican City: 248 V. Capocci, 1958, Codices Barberiniani Graeci. Codices 1-163 (vol. 1), Vatican City: 135 H. Coxe, 1969, The collection of the Abate Matteo Luigi Canonici, Oxford: 84 J. Iriarte, 1769, Regiae Bibliothecae Matritensis codices graeci mss., Madrid: 26 C. Stornajolo, 1895, Codices Urbinates Graeci, Rome: 146 display 4 more references (7 in total) hide 4 references (7 in total)
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[29771] ἤχημα μουσῶν ἡ θεοκρίτου σύριγξ [15th c.] CAMBRIDGE - University Library - Dd. X. 42 [15th c.] (f. 2v) (1 verse) [22122] ἤχημα μουσῶν ἡ θεοκρίτου σύριγξ [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 32, Cod. 37 [14th c.] (f. 1r) (1 verse) [21002] ἤχημα μουσῶν ἡ θεοκρίτου σύριγξ [1463] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 69 sup. [1463] (f. 201v) (1 verse) [21100] ἤχημα μουσῶν ἡ θεοκρίτου σύριγξ [15th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana P 270 sup. [15th c.] (f. 32v) (1 verse) [20064] ἤχημα μουσῶν, ἢ Θεοκρίτου σύριγξ [15th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Canonici gr. 86 [15th c.] (f. 213r) (1 verse) [24508] ὦ ἤχημα μουσῶν ἡ θεοκρίτου σύριγξ [15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 319 [14th-16th c.] (f. 116v) (3 verses) [25140] ἤχημα μουσῶν ἡ θεοκρίτου σύριγξ [13th-15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 95 [13th-15th c.] (f. 320r) (1 verse) [25924] ἤχημα μου(...) σύριγξ [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 42 [13th-14th c.] (f. 50r) (1 verse) [25926] ἤχημα μουσῶν ἡ θεοκρίτου σύριγξ [1276-1325] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 915 [1276-1325] (f. 22v) (1 verse) [17847] ἤχημα μουσῶν ἡ θεοκρίτου σύριγξ [14th-15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1825 [13th-15th c.] (f. 160r) (1 verse) display 7 more occurrences (10 in total) hide 7 occurrences (10 in total)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Anthologia Graeca Appendix, III.III.214 Vassis ICB 2005, 326: "Maximus Holobolus, In Theocriti fistulam"
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