Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5308
(formerly typ/3353)

	Βησσαρίων, κλέος οὐρανόμηκες ὅς ἔσχ᾽ ἐπίγαιος,
	ἄλκαρ ἐὼν μέγα τληπαθέων ἀχέων Ἑλλήνων,
	τὴν δ᾽ ἄκος ἄθλου δέλτον Ἀριστοτέλους γε σοφίης
	τεῦξεν ἀριπρεπέως ξὺν ὅτι πλείσταις θεὶς ἄθλα.

Text source	E. Mioni, 1981, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 1-299 (vol. 1), Rome: 320
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Charitonymos Hermonymos of Sparta < Laconia < Peloponnesos < Greece (15th c.) - RGK: I.380, II.523 - VGH: 426.F
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Basileios Bessarion (1399-1400 - 18/11/1472) - RGK: I.41, II.61, III.77 - VGH: 59.E - PLP: II.2707 (kardinalios)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Primary A. Diller 1967, Three Greek Scribes Working for Bessarion: Trivizias, Callistus, Hermonymus, Italia medioevale e umanistica, 10, 403-410: 408-410 E. Mioni, 1958, Aristotelis codices graeci qui in bibliothecis venetis adservantur, Patavii: 122
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[22152] βησσαρίων κλέος οὐρανόμηκες ὅς ἔσχ᾽ ἐπίγαι(ος) [1467] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 206 (coll. 747) [1467] (f. 67r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 103: "Charitonymus Hermonymus, In Bessarionem"
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