Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18692
(formerly occ/2070)

	+ ὥσπερ τοῖς θάλασσαν παρωχικόταις.
	οὕτω καμοὶ γράψαντι τὴν δὲλτων
	χειραλγίας ἔπαυσα καὶ ἴαθην πάνη,
	ὁ τῆς παρούσης πυκτίδος χειρογράφος.
	συμπέρασμα τῆς γραφῆς πεφθακέναι.
	ὅτι οὐδεὶς αὒ πέλει ἄπταιστος, εἰ μὴ θ(εὸ)ς
	μόνος. μοναχ(ὸς) πέλω τῶν καλλιγράφων.
	μή της οὖν ἐμὲ κρίσιν λόγου φέρει.
	ὅθεν χάριση τῷ θ(ε)ῷ δεδωκότι.

Type(s)	[2962] ὥσπερ τοῖς θάλασσαν παρωχικόταις (11 verses) [30062] Ὥσπερ τοῖς θάλασσαν παρῳχηκόταις (4 verses)
Text source	T. Moschonas, 1965, Πατριαρχεῖον Ἀλεξανδρείας. Κατάλογοι τῆς Πατριαρχικῆς Βιβλιοθήκης. Χειρόγραφα (vol. 1), Salt Lake City: 73-74
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	ALEXANDRIA - Bibliotheke tou Patriarcheiou 106 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 174r
Person(s)	Scribe Beniamin (14th c.) - VGH: 59.B - PLP: II.2614 (hieromonachos)
Contextual information	The epigram is followed by 'χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφω, γραφὴ δὲ μένει εἰς χρόνος πληρεστάτους'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Bibliography	Primary A. McCollum 2015, The Rejoicing Sailor and the Rotting Hand: Two Formulas in Syriac and Arabic Colophons, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies, 18, 67-93: 77 N. Phirippidis 1938, Κατάλογος τῶν κωδίκων τῆς βιβλιοθήκης τοῦ Πατριαρχείου Ἀλεξανδρείας, Ἐκκλησιαστικὸς Φάρος, 37, 225-240, 355-375, 445-464: 339
Number of verses	9
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Lotte van Olmen, Rachele Ricceri, Ilse De Vos The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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