Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17790
(formerly occ/1049)

	+ τέλος εἴληφε τοῦ χ(ριστο)ῦ μου ἡ βίβλος:
	διὰ μοναχοῦ γερασίμου ἀχρείου:
	ὃς ἀμυθήτων ἀμπλακημάτ(ων) λύσιν,
	λαβεῖν αἰτεῖται ἐκ θ(εο)ῦ φιλαν(θρώπ)ου:
	λοιπ(ὸν) οἱ ἐγκύπτοντες θερμ(ῶς) εἰς ταύτην,
	εὔχεσθε αὐτὸν δυσωπῶ ἐκ καρδί(ας),
	ὡς ἂν δι᾽ ὑμῶν (καὶ) τεύξοι σ(ωτη)ρίας:
	καὶ τ(ῆς) μερίδος τῶν σωζομένων τύχοι:

Type(s)	[2337] Τέλος εἴληφε τοῦ Χριστοῦ μου ἡ βίβλος (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1286
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 641 [1286]
Place in Manuscript	f. 466v
Person(s)	Scribe Gerasimos (13th c.) - RGK: III.87 - VGH: 67.C - PLP: II.3731 (monachos)
Contextual information	The epigram is the second in a series of three on f. 466v. A colophon in prose is written between this epigram and the following one.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Gerasimos (13th c.) - RGK: III.87 - VGH: 67.C - PLP: II.3731 (monachos) Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Comment	A shorter version of this epigram, in prose, is written on f. 302v: '+ εὔχεσθε διὰ τὸν κ(ύριο)ν οἱ ταῦτα ἀναγινώσκοντες, \| Γερασίμω ἁμαρτωλῶ· καὶ ἀχρείω δούλω \| Χ(ριστο)ῦ. ναὶ παρακαλῶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἐντυγχάνουσι, διὰ τὸν κ(ύριο)ν:' (Turyn (1964: 71)).
Image source(s)	Turyn 1964, plate 172
Bibliography	Primary R. Devreesse, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 604-866 (vol. 3), Vatican City: 64 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 131 A. Turyn, 1964, Codices graeci vaticani saeculis XIII et XIV scripti annorumque notis instructi, Vatican City: 70
Number of verses	8
Related occurrence(s)	[21853] τέλος εἴληφεν τοῦ χ(ριστο)ῦ μου ἡ βίβλος [1291-1325] ANN ARBOR - University of Michigan Library 26 [1291-1325] (f. 270v) (3 verses) (1/8) [18509] εἰλήφει χρηστ(ὸν), ἥδε πυκτ(ὶς) τὸ τέρμα [1239] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana B 1 inf. [1239] (f. 122v) (21 verses) (1/8) [20792] θύτη πανοίκτρω, ὧ κλήσις ἰωάννη [1314] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana B 89 sup. [1314] (f. 181v) (12 verses) (1/8) [18612] ἡ βίβλος ἥδε τῆς μονῆς ἀκαπνίου [1333] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 73 [1333] (f. 321v) (16 verses) (1/8)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) 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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