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Occurrence 18532
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	Ἔμπρακτον ποιῶν τήν ἁνάγνωσιν \| φίλε·
	μέμνησω τοῦ γράψαντος \| τὴν δέλτον ταύτην·
	νικηφόρω \| ἁμαρτωλῶ καὶ ξένω:-

Type(s)	[2853] Ἔμπρακτον ποιῶν τήν ἁνάγνωσιν, φίλε (3 verses)
Text source	J. Bick, 1920, Die Schreiber der Wiener griechischen Handschriften, Vienna: 29
Text status	Text completely known
Date	August 1286
Manuscript	VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 318 [August 1286]
Place in Manuscript	f. 288v
Person(s)	Scribe Nikephoros (13th c.) - VGH: 342.B - PLP: VIII.20310 (anagnostes, tachygraphos)
Contextual information	This epigram is the second in a series of three poems. They are followed by a colophon in prose, which mentions the name of the scribe and te date.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Nikephoros (13th c.) - VGH: 342.B - PLP: VIII.20310 (anagnostes, tachygraphos)
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: 229 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 131 H. Hunger, 1989, Schreiben und Lesen in Byzanz: Die byzantinische Buchkultur, Munich: 159, 159 (n. 2) Secondary H. Hunger, 1989, Schreiben und Lesen in Byzanz: Die byzantinische Buchkultur, Munich: 99
Number of verses	3
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Sien De Groot, 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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