Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18612
(formerly occ/1980)

	+ ἡ βίβλος ἥδε τῆς μονῆς ἀκαπνίου.
	πόθω πόνω τε καὶ συνδρομῆ \| συντόνω·
	θύτου εὐτελ(οῦ)ς μαρκιανοῦ τὴν κλῆσιν.
	οἰκεί\|(ας) ἐξόδου τε σὺν σπουδῆ πάση.
	πέρ(ας) ἔλαβε καὶ τέλος ἀπηρτίσθη. \|
	σὺνἀραμένου τῆς σπουδῆς καὶ μερικῆς ἐξόδου.
	θύτου δανιὴλ \| τιμιωτάτου πάνυ,
	καὶ προσετέθη τῆ μονῆ μέγα τι χρῆμα \|
	ὠφέλειαν πλουτίζουσα τοῖς ἐπιοῦσι.
	διὸ τοῖς ἐντυγχάνουσιν \| ἀντιβολοῦμεν λίαν·
	εὐχὴν ἡμῖν χαρίσασθαι εὐπρόσδεκτον \| κ(υρί)ω.
	ἴν’ εὕρημεν λύσιν τε τῶν ἐσφαλμένων.
	καὶ τῆς μερίδ[ος] \| τύχημεν τῶν σωζομένων πάντων.
	ὁ δέ γε ταύτην συλῆσαι \| βουληθεὶς καὶ τῆ μονῆ στερῆσαι.
	βίβλω ζωῆς μηδέποτε γραφῆ \| μὴδ’ ἐν τοῖς σωζομένοις.
	ἀλλά γε σύνδικος φανῆ, τοῖς \| στ(αυ)ρωταῖς κ(υρίο)υ.+

Type(s)	[2922] Ἡ βίβλος ἥδε τῆς μονῆς Ἀκαπνίου (16 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1333
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 73 [1333]
Place in Manuscript	f. 321v
Person(s)	Patron Daniel (14th c.) - RGK: II.361 - VGH: 99.A, 288.F (thytes) Markianos (14th c.) - RGK: II.361 - VGH: 99.A, 288.F - PLP: VII.16995 (monachos)
Palaeographical information	The epigram is not written by the main hand (Mark), possibly by Markianos (Géhin (2005: 73)).
Contextual information	This poem is immediately followed by a short colophon in prose; De Montfaucon (1715: 131): 'Ετελειώθη καὶ ἡ παροῦσα βίβλος μηνὶ μαρτίῳ Ινδ. α'. ἔτους Ϛωμα'. διὰ χειρὸς τοῦ καλογράφου μοναχοῦ Μάρκου'.
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable Dodecasyllable Mixture Rhythmical prose
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s)	Géhin2005, plate 84
Bibliography	Primary B. De Montfaucon, 1715, Bibliotheca Coisliniana, olim Segueriana, Paris: 131 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 2000, Χορηγοί-κτήτορες-δωρητές σε σημειώματα κωδίκων. Παλαιολόγειοι χρόνοι, Athens: 227 P. Géhin, M. Cacouros, C. Förstel, M. Germain, P. Hoffmann, C. Jouanno, B. Mondrain, D. Grosdidier de Matons, 2005, Les manuscrits grecs datés des XIIIe et XIVe siècles conservés dans les bibliothèques publiques de France (vol. 2), Turnhout: 73 Secondary J. Boeten, S. De Groot 2019, The Byzantine Antiquarian: a Case Study of a Compiled Colophon, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 112, 31-46: 39
Number of verses	16
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri, Raf Praet, 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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