Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5472
(formerly typ/3520)

	Πόνημ᾽ ἄριστον σύντομον γραμματικίης,
	ὅπερ ἐξηπονήσατο μανούηλος ὁ καλέκας
	ἐκ τῶν τάξεως τῶν παρ᾽ ῥωμαίοις πρεδικατόρων
	γράψε δ᾽ ἐν χαρτίησι τούτοισιν
	νικόλαος εὐτελὴς ἱεροῖος

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Nikolaos (15th c.) - PLP: VIII.20463 (hiereus)
Metre(s)	Mixture
Subject(s)	Manuel Kalekas (14th c. - 1410) - RGK: II.346, III.413 - VGH: 277.B - PLP: V.10289
Tag(s)	Reference to content of the book Self-presentation
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined E. Mioni, 1973, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Codices in classes nonam decimam undecimam inclusos et supplementa duo continens (vol. 3), Romae: 45
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[22454] πόνημ᾽ ἄριστον σύντομον γραμματικίης [15th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. X 8 [15th c.] (f. 40v) (5 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 637: "Librarii subscr."
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