Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17093
(formerly occ/215)

	Χεῖρες φίλαι· κόλποι τε καὶ σὺ καρδία,
	Ὑμῖν τὸ σεπτὸν χρῆμ(α) \| πιστεύω μόνοις:
	Ὑμεῖς λαβόντες εὐλαβ(ῶς) τηρεῖτέ μοι: \|
	Τὸ μάργαρόν μου τοῦτο τὸ βρύον χάριν:
	Καὶ τῆς ἄνωθ(εν) \| ἀστραπῆς πεπλησμένον:
	Οὗ κρεῖττον οὐδὲν εὗρ(ον) ἐν τοῖς \| τιμίοις: \|
	Οὗπερ τὸ κά\|λλος θαυμάσας πάντ(ων) πλέον:
	Ὡς ἔμπορος \| σοφός τις \| ἀντεκτησάμ(ην): \|
	Τούτ(ων) τε πλου\|τ(ῶν) καὶ τρυφ(ῶν) \| καὶ ζ(ῶν) πλέον \|
	Ἢ πᾶσιν οἷς \| πέφυκα χαί\|ρειν ἐν βίω: \|
	Ἀλλʹ εὐαγ(ῶς) φέροι\|το καὶ σώζοιτό μοι: \|
	Οὕτως ἄχραντ(ον) \| λάμπον οὕτ(ως) \| εἰς τέλος:

Type(s)	[2119] Χεῖρες φίλαι, κόλποι τε καὶ σύ, καρδία (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1087
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 342 [1087-1088]
Place in Manuscript	f. 24r
Person(s)	Scribe Michael (11th c.) - RGK: I.289, III.472 (alitros, monachos)
Palaeographical information	Written in the margin. The initials of each verse are in red ink.
Contextual information	It is followed by the epigram, inc. 'Ἔσπευσαν ἄλλοι χρυσὸν εὑρεῖν ἐν βίῳ'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Psalter
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.342/0578
Bibliography	Primary R. Devreesse, 1937, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 330-603 (vol. 2), Vatican City: 16 S. Mercati 1970, Confessione di fede di Michele Categumeno del monastero fondato da Michele Attaliate, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 1), Bari, 609-617: 616-617 G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 225
Number of verses	12
Related occurrence(s)	[24005] Χεῖρες φίλαι, κόλποι τε καὶ σὺ καρδία [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 37 [13th c.] (f. 8v) (12 verses) (12/12) [24550] Χεῖρες φίλαι· κόλποι τε· κ(αὶ) σὺ καρδία [14th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 43 [14th c.] (f. 196r) (12 verses) (12/12)
Acknowledgements	Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Mathijs Clement The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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