The DBBE (www.dbbe.ugent.be) was created and developed thanks to three rounds of substantial funding, the third of which ends in 2027. In this paper, we will (1) briefly look back at the basic (and evolving) principles, choices and objectives; (2) describe the current state of the database (the second online version); and (3) look ahead…
Among the numerous epigrams preserved in the context of monumental painting during the Byzantine and post-Byzantine periods, only a limited number can be attributed to known authors. This paper focuses on an unpublished epigram by the celebrated twelfth-century author Theodore Prodromos, inscribed in the Church of Panagia Parmeniotissa, northwest of Psinthos on the island of…
This paper focuses on a group of book epigrams featured in the manuscript Messina, Biblioteca Universitaria, S. Salv. 133 [Diktyon 40794], produced in Southern Italy in 962/963. The paper aims to demonstrate that these poems offer unique insights into the persons and communities involved in the writing and use of the manuscript, as well as…
The manuscript tradition of Philes’ work, apart from Stickler’s remarkable attempt to collect and describe a large part of it, had not even been classified until recently. Simultaneously, the autonomous and significant collections have not been fully studied and evaluated yet, so that modern scholars may proceed to their critical editions and commentaries. This is…