Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18317
(formerly occ/1651)

	Στίχοι Τενέδου ἰάμβοι

	Ἡ χεὶρ μέν ἡ γράψασα τῆδε τήν δέλτον
	τάφω ζοφώδη καὶ πνιγηρῶ [π]υθμένει
	μυδῶσα κεῖται βρῶμα σκωλήκων, ξένε,
	ὡς χοῦς δυσαχθείς, τέφρα, [σα]τρία, [κόν]ις,
	ἰχῶρσι καὶ μώλωψι καὶ σηψὶ βρύων,
	ἀηδίαν δύσοσμον πνέουσ᾽ ὁ [....]·
	ἀλλ᾽ οἱ καθαρῶς ἐντρυφῶντες τοῖς λόγοις,
	οὓς καρδίας ἔρωτι καί πρ[οθυ]μ[ία]
	γέγραφα θερμῶς τῆ παρούση πυκτίδι,
	βίους ὁσίων, ἁγίων καὶ μαρτύρων
	ἀνδρῶν ἀρίστων καί γυναικῶν μακάρων,
	οὓς ἐντυχόντες οἱ θερμοί τῆ καρδία
	μέμνησθε κἀμοὶ τῶ γεγραφότι ξένω
	ῥικνω Ἰωσὴφ Τενέδου θυηπόλω.
	Ἐν ἔτεσι γέγραπται χιλιοντάδος
	διπλῆς τριάδος, σὺν τετραπλῆ δυάδι,
	τετράδι δεκάδος ἐφ᾽ ἅπαξ ἑβδόμης,
	ἧς ἡ ἐπινέμησις εἶχεν ἑβδόμη

Type(s)	[2202] ἡ χεὶρ μέν ἡ γράψασα τήνδε τὴν δέλτον (18 verses)
Text source	L. Politis, M. Politi, 1991, Κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς Ἐθνικῆς Βιβλιοθήκης τῆς Ἑλλάδος ἀρ. 1857-2500, Athens: 144
Text status	Text completely known
Date	01/09/1338-31/08/1339
Manuscript	ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 2105 [01/09/1338-31/08/1339]
Place in Manuscript	f. 402r
Person(s)	Scribe Ioseph of Tenedos (14th c.) - VGH: 220.G - PLP: IV.9044 (thuepolos)
Palaeographical information	The epigram was written in two columns.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Bibliography	Primary 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: 698, 727 D. Serruys 1903, Catalogue des manuscrits conservés au gymnase grec de Salonique, Revue des bibliothèques, 13, 12-89: 55 Secondary J. Boeten, S. De Groot 2019, The Byzantine Antiquarian: a Case Study of a Compiled Colophon, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 112(1), 31-46: 38 (n. 22)
Number of verses	18
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Occurrence 18317 (formerly occ/1651)

Occurrence 18317
(formerly occ/1651)