Plato's Symposium - Illuminated Manuscript - Handmade, One of a Kind, Wall Art - 40x58cm (15.7'' x 23.5'')

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Plato’s Symposium, One of a Kind Manuscript. Modern Masterpiece

This 100% handmade one of a kind illuminated manuscript contains the fragment 197c from Plato’s Symposium written in 360 BCE.

Plato was a philosopher, as well as mathematician, in classical Greece and an influential figure in philosophy who helped lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science.

This illuminated manuscript is handwritten in Greek minuscule perlschrift (based on the style in the late Byzantine era), with hand drawings illustration on high quality paper (emulating parchment paper) using a dip pen (metal nib) and acrylic ink.

It bears the original signature of the artist, date and place created, as well as a small gold colored Capricorn stamp seal.

An autograph note written in Greek and English is attached to each illuminated manuscript with information about the script, materials used, source of text and illustrations, and any other Additional Information: considered necessary by the artist regarding authenticity. A lot of time, care and effort were involved to create this exceptional illuminated manuscript masterpiece so there is a very limited production capacity.

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• 100% Handmade Modern Manuscript

• Made in Greece - Ships from Greece

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The Ancient Greek text:

Πλάτωνος Συμπόσιον Απόσπασμα 197c

‘ οὕτως ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ, ὦ Φαῖδρε, Ἔρως πρῶτος αὐτὸς ὢν κάλλιστος καὶ ἄριστος μετὰ τοῦτο τοῖς ἄλλοις ἄλλων τοιούτων αἴτιος εἶναι. ἐπέρχεται δέ μοί τι καὶ ἔμμετρον εἰπεῖν, ὅτι οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ ποιῶνεἰρήνην μὲν ἐν ἀνθρώποις, πελάγει δὲ γαλήνηννηνεμίαν, ἀνέμων κοίτην ὕπνον τ᾽ ἐνὶ κήδει.

 

The English text translation:

Plato Symposium Fragment 197c’ Therefore, Phaedrus, I say of Love that he is the fairest and best in himself, and the cause of what is fairest and best in all other things. And there comes into my mind a line of poetry in which he is said to be the god who Gives peace on earth and calms the stormy deep, Who stills the winds and bids the sufferer sleep.

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