Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18502
(formerly occ/1853)

	+ ἡ βίβλος \| αὔτη· σα\|ββάτω \| σχοῦσα \| τέλος· \|
	δέδωκεν \| ἡμῖν· \| σαββατίσαι \| τοῦ πόνου· \|
	εἰς τὰς ἥκωσι τοῦ \| μηνὸς τοῦ αὐγούστου· \|
	ἰνδικτιῶνος ὀγ\|δόης ἱσταμένης \|
	ματθαῖος ὁ γράψας \| γὰρ τὴν βίβλον ταύτ(ην) \|
	οἱ ἀναγινώσ\|κοντες εὔ\|χεσθαι πάντ(ες) \|
	ὅτι ὁ γρά\|φων καὶ πά\|λιν παρα\|γράφει· \|
	ἐτῶν γὰρ συντρεχόν\|των ἐν οῖς ἐγράφη \|
	ἕξ χιλιάδων· ἑπτὰ \| ἐκατοντά\|δων·
	συν \| τοῖς τρισὶ \| καὶ δέκα \| τῶ θ(ε)ῶ δό\|ξα

Type(s)	[2823] Ἡ βίβλος αὔτη σαββάτῳ σχοῦσα τέλος (10 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	20/08/1205
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1296 [20/08/1205]
Place in Manuscript	f. 551r
Person(s)	Scribe Matthaios (13th c.) - RGK: III.443 - VGH: 298.F
Palaeographical information	The verses are arranged in the form of a cross. The lines are alternately written in red and black ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is accompanied by an ἀμὴν + at the end.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Matthaios (13th c.) - RGK: III.443 - VGH: 298.F
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1296.pt.3/321
Bibliography	Primary F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 11 N. Tomadakis 1977, Ὁ γράφων παραγράφει-Μεταγράφετε ὡς εἶναι, in K. Treu (ed.), Studia Codicologica, Berlin, 469-471: 470 A. Turyn, 1964, Codices graeci vaticani saeculis XIII et XIV scripti annorumque notis instructi, Vatican City: (image: plate 160), 21 F. Valerio 2022, A Short History of the Greek Colophon from the Beginnings to Modern Times, Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin, 8(1), 19-72: 63 Secondary B. Atsalos 1992, Η φόρμουλα «ὁ γράφων παραγράφει» στα ελληνικά χειρόγραφα, Ελληνικά, 42(1), 21-59: 34-35 F. Valerio 2022, A Short History of the Greek Colophon from the Beginnings to Modern Times, Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin, 8(1), 19-72: 27
Number of verses	10
Related occurrence(s)	[19120] Καὶ οἱ ἀναγινώσκοντες εὕχεσθέ μ(οι) [1195] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 223 [1195] (f. 287r-287v) (3 verses) (1/10) [20402] Ἐτῶν γὰρ συντρεχουσῶν ἐν οἷς ἐγραφη [1497] ATHOS - Mone Iberon 334 [1497] ((gen.) end of ms.) (2 verses) (2/10) [19858] ἡ βίβλος αὕτη δευτέρᾳ σχοῦσα τέλος [02/02/1495] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Barocci 179 [02/02/1495] (f. 60v) (10 verses) (7/10) [23721] οἱ μέλλοντ(ες) ἄδειν ἐν τῶδ(ε) τῶ βιβλίω [25/09/1244] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 41 [25/09/1244] (f. 263r-263v) (29 verses) (1/10)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri 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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