Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17672
(formerly occ/916)

	ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα τὴν τῆδε βίβλον· \|
	σαπήσετ(αι) φεῦ καὶ γενήσετ(αι) κόνις·
	γρα\|φὴ δὲ αὕτη· εἰς τ(οὺς) αἰῶ(ν)(ας) μένει·
	οἱ δ αναγι\|νώσκοντες ταύτην ἐμπόνως,
	σύγνω\|τε φειδόμ(εν)οι ἐμῶν σφαλμ(ά)τ(ων)·
	κ(αί) συγχώ\|ρησιν αἰτῶ, βραβεύσατέ μοι ++:+

Type(s)	[2240] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα τήν τῇδε βίβλον (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1495
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 223 [1495]
Place in Manuscript	f. 491r
Contextual information	Written at the end of the manuscript.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s)	https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/bav_pal_gr_223/0993/image https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Pal.gr.223/0492
Bibliography	Primary P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, H. Lietzmann, 1929, Specimina codicum graecorum vaticanorum, Berolini-Lipsiae: XVIII G. Garitte 1962, Sur une formule des colophons de manuscrits grecs, in Collectanea vaticana in honorem Anselmi M. Card. Albareda a Bibliotheca Apostolica edita, Vatican City, 359-390: 373 E. Stevenson, 1885, Codices manuscripti Palatini Graeci, Rome: 119 Secondary B. Atsalos 1991, Die Formel Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα… in den Griechischen handschriften, in G. Cavallo, G. De Gregorio, M. Maniaci (eds.), Scritture, libri e testi nelle aree provinciali di Bisanzio. Atti del Seminario di Erice (18-25 settembre 1988) (vol. 2), Spoleto, 691-750: 710
Number of verses	6
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Sien De Groot, Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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