Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 33544

	Τὴν ἐξ ἱστορίας τελέσας βίβλον ὡς ἐκέλευσας,
	αὐτοκράτορ, μελέταις καὶ καμάτοις μεγάλοις,
	ἐν σοὶ δῶρον ἔθηκα, ὅπως ἐγνωσμένον εἴη
	ἐκ φιλοδεσποτίας συντεθὲν ἔκ τε πόθου.

Text source	A. Lesmüller-Werner, H. Thurn, 1978, Iosephi Genesii regum libri quattuor, Berlin: 3
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Joseph Genesios (10th c.) - PMBZ: 25680: "Personenkennziffer: 23526"
Metre(s)	Elegiacs
Subject(s)	Joseph Genesios (10th c.) - PMBZ: 25680: "Personenkennziffer: 23526" Konstantinos VII Porphyrogennetos (May 905 - 09/11/959) - PBW: Konstantinos/7/ - PMBZ: 25888: "Personenkennziffer: 23734"
Tag(s)	Dedication
Bibliography	Primary K. Lachmann, 1834, Genesius, ex recognitione Caroli Lachmanni, Bonn: 3
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[33549] τὴν ἐξ ἱστορίας τελέσας βίβλον ὡς ἐκέλευ\|σας [11th c.] LEIPZIG - Universitätsbibliothek - gr. 16 [9th-13th c.] (f. 248r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(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	Vassis ICB 2005, 732: "Ioseph Genesius, Dedicatio operis sui"
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