Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18378
(formerly occ/1712)

	+ πᾶσι μὲν τοῖς βλέπουσι πρὸ(ς) φθαρτὰ φύλλα·
	χρυσὸς λίθοι μάργαρος ἀργύρου φύ(σις)·
	τῷ δεσπότη δὲ τοῦ παρόντος βιβλίου·
	τῷ τε μουγδουφῇ κυρ(ῷ) τῷ γεωργίῳ.
	οὐ χρυσὸς οὐκ ἄργυρο(ς) οὐκ ἄλλο τούτων·
	εἰ μὴ μελωδῶν εὐλογεῖν τὸν δεσπότη(ν)·
	κατὰ τὸν δα(υί)δ ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας·
	οἴω πόθω τέτυχε τὴν βίβλον ταύτ(ην)
	ἐκ καρδίας ὅλης τε αὐτοῦ ἰσχύος·
	ἐξόδου πολλοῦ καὶ τύρβου καὶ μερίμνων·
	ἀνθ᾽ ὧν βροτουργὲ παντάναξ κοσμ᾽ ἐργάτα
	εὐθυμίαν πάρεσχε καὶ σ(ωτη)ρίαν·
	τοὺς υἱοὺς εὐλόγησον σ(ωτ)ὴρ τοὺς τούτου·
	καὶ τὰ διαβήματα εὔθυνον αὖθις
	τῶν παίδων τούτου καὶ τῆς μ(ητ)ρ(ὸ)ς ὡσαύτ(ω)ς·
	ὅπ(ως) παραμένουσι τῷδε τῷ βίῳ·
	ἐκ πάσης νόσου καὶ λύπης ἄτερ·
	καὶ πληροῖν προστάγματα τῶν ἐντολ(ῶν) σου,
	τύχωσιν αὖθις τὴν ἐδὲμ κατοικίαν.

Type(s)	[2728] πᾶσι μὲν τοῖς βλέπουσι πρὸς φθαρτὰ φύλλα (19 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1297
Manuscript	CAMBRIDGE - University Library - Dd. IX. 69 [1297]
Place in Manuscript	f. 293r-293v
Person(s)	Scribe Michael Mantylides (13th c.) - RGK: I.283 - VGH: 316.A - PLP: VII.16778
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of the first part of the ms. and is the first in a series of three epigrams.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Georgios Mougdoufes (13th c.) - PLP: VIII.19415
Bibliography	Primary F. Euangelatou-Notara 1983, Ἕλληνες γραφεῖς τοῦ 13ου αἰῶνα: Προσθῆκες καὶ διορθώσεις στὸ Εὑρετήριο τῶν Vogel-Gardthausen, Δίπτυχα Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν καὶ Μεταβυζαντινῶν Μελετῶν, 3, 184-239: 224 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 178 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 2000, Χορηγοί-κτήτορες-δωρητές σε σημειώματα κωδίκων. Παλαιολόγειοι χρόνοι, Athens: 200 A. Turyn, 1980, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Great Britain, Washington: (image: plate 108), 65
Number of verses	19
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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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