Astrology, piety and poverty: seven anonymous poems in Vaticanus gr. 743

The fourteenth-century manuscript Vaticanus gr. 743 transmits seven anonymous poems entitled as follows: 1) epsilon iota sigma alpha sigma tau rho omicron nu omicron mu omicron nu 2) iota alpha mu beta omicron sigma 3) epsilon iota sigma pi iota theta eta kappa omicron nu lambda alpha beta omicron nu tau alpha mu epsilon gamma alpha lambda eta nu gamma upsilon nu alpha iota kappa alpha 4) epsilon iota sigma tau omicron nu alpha gamma iota omicron nu Iota alpha kappa omega beta omicron nu 5) epsilon iota sigma tau eta nu alpha gamma iota alpha nu mu alpha rho tau upsilon rho alpha Beta alpha rho beta alpha rho alpha nu 6) epsilon iota sigma tau alpha lambda alpha iota mu iota alpha tau omicron upsilon Chi rho iota sigma tau omicron upsilon kappa alpha iota tau omicron upsilon alpha rho chi iota sigma tau rho alpha tau eta gamma omicron upsilon 7) epsilon iota sigma tau omicron nu chi omicron rho omicron nu tau omega nu psi alpha lambda tau omega nu kappa alpha iota epsilon iota sigma tau omicron nu chi epsilon iota rho omicron nu omicron mu omicron nu. The first three are satires, while the remaining four epigrams were most likely meant to be inscribed next to corresponding images. Although the first poem was edited quite recently, the other six remain unedited. The aim of this article is to provide an edition and translation of all these texts together as well as to discuss their dating and authorship.