Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3830
(formerly typ/1930)

Ἥρωνος ἀρχὴ τῶν γεωμετρουμένων.

Text source	E. Mioni, 1985, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 300-625 (vol. 2), Rome: 516
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Heron of Alexandria < Egypt (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Division of the book Reference to content of the book Title
Bibliography	Primary S. Cyrillus, 1832, Codices graeci mss Regiae Bibliothecae Borbonicae (vol. 2), Napels: 355 M. Formentin, F. Richetti, L. Siben, 2015, Catalogus codicum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Neapolitanae (vol. 3), Roma: 100
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[19771] Ἥρωνος ἀρχὴ τῶν γεωμετρουμένων [1546-1555] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III C 11 [1546-1555] (f. 1r) (1 verse) [22342] Ἥρωνος ἀρχὴ τῶν γεωμετρουμένων [1351-1400] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 595 (coll. 806) [1351-1400] (f. 92v) (1 verse)
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	Vassis ICB 2005, 319: "In Heronis geometriam"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.