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Type 3493
(formerly typ/1612)

	Τήνδε Λυκοφρονέην τὴν βαρβαρόφωνον ἰυγὴν
	Κλειοῦς τ᾽ ἀλλοπροσάλλοιο βάκχην καλλιέπειαν
	Τζέτζης Ἰσαάκιος ἐπεὶ φύγον ἐξερεείνας,
	παγκρατέι μεδέοντι πανέξοχον ὕμνον ὀφείλω.

Text source	C. De Stefani 2014, The end of the "Nonnian School", in K. Spanoudakis (ed.), Nonnus of Panopolis in Context: Poetry and Cultural Milieu in Late Antiquity with a Section on Nonnus and the Modern World, Berlin, 375-402: 392
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Isaak Tzetzes - PBW: Isaakios/106/
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Isaak Tzetzes - PBW: Isaakios/106/ Lycophron (3rd c. BC)
Tag(s)	Dedication Intercession by author Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 211 I. Hardt, 1806, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum Bibliothecae Regiae Bavaricae. Cod. CCXXXIV-CCCXLVII continens (vol. 3), Munich: 14 E. Scheer, 1908, Lycophronis Alexandra (vol. 2), Berlin: 398 Secondary C. Samberger, 1965, Catalogi codicum graecorum qui in minoribus bibliothecis Italicis asservantur (vol. 1), Leipzig: 183
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[20394] Τὴν δὲ Λυκοφρονέην τὴν βαρβαρόφωνον ϊυγὴν [15th c.] ATHOS - Mone Iberon 148 [15th c.] ((gen.) at the end of the manuscript) (4 verses) [33424] ηνδὲ λυκοφρονέην τ(ὴν) βαρβαρόφωνον ἰυγ(ὴν) [15th-16th c.] CAMBRIDGE - Trinity College - O 1.73 [15th-16th c.] (f. 194r) (4 verses) [21908] τήν δὲ λυκοφρονέ[ων] (...) [1255] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca R.I.18 [1255] (f. 102r) (4 verses) [19402] τήνδε λυκοφρονέην τὴν βαρβαρόφων(ον) ἱυγὴν [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 32, Cod. 52 [14th c.] (f. 121v) (4 verses) [19597] (...)δε λυκοφρο(ν)έην τ(ὴν) βαρβαρόφων(ον) φθογγ(ὴν) [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Riccardiana 69 [14th c.] (f. 111v) (4 verses) [20843] ηνδε λυκοφρονέ(ην) τ(ὴν) βαρβαρόφωνον ἱυγὴν [1476-1500] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana C 32 sup. [1476-1500] (f. 206v) (4 verses) [21169] Τήνδε λυκοφρονέην τὴν βαρβαρόφωνον ἰυγήν [1176-1200] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana C 222 inf. [1176-1200] (f. 176r) (4 verses) [31915] Τήνδε λυκοφρονέην‧ τὴν βαρβαρόφωνον ἰυγήν [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1310 (f. 215v) (4 verses) [30840] τήνδε λυκοφρονέην τὴν βαρβαρόφωνον ἰυγήν [1282] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 2723 [1250-1300] (f. 76v) (4 verses) [20695] τήνδε λυκοφρονέ(ην) τὴν βαρβαρόφων(ον) ἰυγὴν [13th-14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1910 [13th-14th c.] (f. 41r) (4 verses) display 7 more occurrences (10 in total) hide 7 occurrences (10 in total)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Cristina Cocola, 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, 730: "Isaac Tzetzes, In calce scholiorum in Lycophronis Alexandram"
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