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Type 3244
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	Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον·
	ἄρκτους, ὠκεανόν, δύσιν, ἀντολίην τε νότον τε,
	χεῖμα, θέρος, φυσικάς τ' ἀτραποὺς, σκολιάς τε κελεύθους,
	Αἰθίοπάς τ' ἀδρανεῖς, Γερμανῶν δύσμορα φῦλα,
	Σαυρομάτας χοίροισιν ἐοικότας, ἠδὲ καὶ αὐτῆς
	αἰνομόρου Σκυθίης χαλεπὸν γένος, ἄχρις ἐς ἠῶ
	Ἰνδῶν τε Σηρῶν τε, τὸ γὰρ πέρας ἀντολίης γῆς.

Title(s)	Στίχοι ἡρωϊκοὶ εἰς τὴν Πτολεμαίου χωρογραφίαν
Text source	C. Nobbe, 1843, Claudii Ptolemaei Geographia (vol. 1), Hildesheim: XXII
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Claudius Ptolemy (2nd c.)
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Introduction to the subject Reference to content of the book
Comment	Found each time after Claudius Ptolemy's Geography, and after the 'maps of Agathodaemon'. Text of Nobbe (1943: XXII) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 603 C. Stornajolo, 1895, Codices Urbinates Graeci, Rome: 129 Secondary J. Forshall, 1840, The Burney Manuscripts, London: 45
Number of verses	7
Occurrence(s)	[20177] ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀ\|ριθμηθέντα νόησον [15th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 626 [15th c.] (f. 104v) (7 verses) [23190] Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον [1376-1425] LONDON - British Library - Burney 111 [1376-1425] (f. 114r) (7 verses) [19923] ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον [1482] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Arch. Seld. B 45 [1482] (f. 176v) (7 verses) [19454] Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμη\|θέντα νόησον [1451-1500] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1402 [1451-1500] (f. 71v) (7 verses) [21601] Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον [1451-1475] PARMA - Biblioteca Palatina - palat. 9 [1451-1475] (f. 205r) (7 verses) [16975] Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθ\|μηθέντα νόησον [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Urb. gr. 82 [14th c.] (f. 110r -- (gen.) end of ms.) (7 verses) [29370] Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον [1200] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 177 [1200] (f. 240v) (7 verses) [22231] Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον [15th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 388 (coll. 833) [15th c.] (f. 101r) (7 verses) [22323] Ἐν γραμμαῖς τ(ὸν) κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον [14th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 516 (coll. 904) [14th c.] (f. 116r) (7 verses) [32749] ἐν γραμμαῖς τ(ὸν) κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον [1454] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 1 [1454] (f. 98v) (7 verses) display 7 more occurrences (10 in total) hide 7 occurrences (10 in total)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Renaat Meesters, Floris Bernard The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 225: "In Claudii Ptolemaei geographiam"
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