Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18470
(formerly occ/1812)

	ἡ χεῖρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα τήνδε τὴν βί\|βλον·
	σαπήσετε φεὺ καὶ γε\|νήσετε κόνις·
	ἡ δε γρα(φὴ) μένη \| εἰς χρόν(ους) πληρεστάτ(ους)·

Type(s)	[2795] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα τήνδε τὴν βίβλον (3 verses)
Text source	K. Treu 1970, Weitere Handschriften mit der Schreiberformel «Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα...», Scriptorium, 24(1), 56-64: 59
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1285
Manuscript	KALAVRYTA - Mone Megalon Spelaion 37 [1285]
Place in Manuscript	f. 260r
Contextual information	These verses are immediately followed by the epigram with incipit 'Ὡσπερ ξένοι χάιρουσιν ἱδεῖν πατρίδα γένους': both epigrams are written in red ink. Before the epigrams there is a colophon and a date in prose.
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: 703 N. Bees, 1915, Κατάλογος τῶν ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων κωδίκων τῆς ἑν Πελοποννήσῳ μονῆς τοῦ Μεγάλου Σπηλαίου (vol. 1), Leipzig-Athene: 41 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 127 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 2000, Χορηγοί-κτήτορες-δωρητές σε σημειώματα κωδίκων. Παλαιολόγειοι χρόνοι, Athens: 186-187
Number of verses	3
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[01/09/1490-31/08/1491] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. 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Z. 274 (coll. 625) [1443] (f. 205r) (2 verses) (1/3) [21536] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα κόνις φανήσεται, [1394] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. X 5 [1394] (f. 124v) (3 verses) (2/3) [18598] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα τὴν δέλτον ταύτην [1319] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 63 [1319] (f. 134v) (3 verses) (2/3) display 46 more occurrences (49 in total) hide 46 occurrences (49 in total)
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