Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18509
(formerly occ/1862)

	+ εἰλήφει χρηστ(ὸν), ἥδε πυκτ(ὶς) τὸ τέρμα,
	πρὸ(ς) λαυρεντίου, χειρὸ(ς) τληπαθεστάτου:
	μεταγραφεῖσα, ἐκ τ(ῶν) τοῦ καλυβήτου,
	βίβλ(ων) τ(ῆς) μον(ῆς), τ(ῆς) ἐν τῶ ῥουσιάνω:
	συνεργ(ὸν) εὑρὼν, ἀγαθουργ(ὸν) τ᾽ ἀλείπτ(ην),
	τ(ὸν) ἑν πατρᾶσι, σεμν(ὸν) ἱγλαϊσμένον,
	νήφωνα θ(εὸ)ν, στέργοντα πολλοῦ πόθου:
	ὃς ἐκπλεύσαι με ἐκεῖ παρασκευάσ(ας),
	πείθει προθύμ(ως), μικρ(ὸν) προ(σ)καρτερήσαι,
	(καὶ) τῆ σπουδῆ χρήσασθαι τῆ μεταγράψ(ειν):
	ἀνθ᾽ ὑποστρέψ(ας) δ᾽ αὖθ(ις) δεύτερ(ον) γράφ(ειν),
	κόπου σὺν πολλοῦ, καὶ διαπύρου πόθου,
	εἰς κάλλο(ς) ὡς ἲς, οὐκ ὤκνησα καὶ κόσμ(ον):
	(καὶ) δὴ τ(οὺς) ταύτη, προσομιλοῦντ(ας) πάνυ,
	λίσσομαι χ(ριστὸ)ν, ὑπὲρ ἀμφοῖν λιτάζ(ειν),
	τοῦ προτρέψαντο(ς) (καὶ) τοῦ ξύσαντο(ς) πόνου,
	εὑρ(εῖν) εὐμενῆ, ὅτε κρινεῖ τ(ὴν) κτίσιν,
	(καὶ) τ(ῆς) μερίδο(ς) τυχ(εῖν) τῶν σωζομέν(ων):
	ἔτυχε δ᾽ ἔτο(ς), ἓξ τ(ῶν) χιλιοντάδ(ων),
	ἑπτακοσί(ων) σαρακοστοῦ ὀγδόου·
	ἰνδικτιόν(ις), δεκ(ά)τ(ης) τρίτ(ης) οὖσης:-

Type(s)	[2832] Εἰλήφει χρηστόν, ἥδε πυκτὶς τὸ τέρμα (21 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	01/09/1239-31/08/1240
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana B 1 inf. [01/09/1239-31/08/1240]
Place in Manuscript	f. 122v
Person(s)	Patron Nephon (13th c.) Scribe Laurentios (13th c.) - VGH: 257.K, 257.L (monotropos of the Monastery of Saint Nicholas < Calamizzi < Rhegion < Calabria < Southern Italy < Italy)
Palaeographical information	The colophon is followed by an ornamental bar. Written in red ink.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s)	Turyn 1972, plate 221a
Bibliography	Primary F. Bernard, K. Demoen 2019, Book epigrams, in A. Rhoby, N. Zagklas, W. Hörandner (eds.), A Companion to Byzantine Poetry, Leiden, 404-429: 421 F. D'Aiuto 2004, Un ramo italo greco nella tradizione manoscritta del «Menologio Imperiale»?, in C. Mazzucchi, C. Pasini (eds.), Nuove ricerche sui manoscritti greci dell'Ambrosiana, Milan, 145-178: 162 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: 217 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 40-41 E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 2), Milan: 931 A. Turyn, 1972, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Italy. Text (vol. 1), Urbana: 12 F. Valerio 2016, Analecta Byzantina, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 16, 255-302: 264 display 4 more references (7 in total) hide 4 references (7 in total)
Number of verses	21
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri, Eleonora Lauro Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Occurrence 18509 (formerly occ/1862)

Occurrence 18509
(formerly occ/1862)