Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18714
(formerly occ/2096)

	+ ἡ χεὶρ τὸ γράμμα· νοὖς τ εφέλ\|κει τοὺς λόγους + \|
	τὸ πνεύμα δ᾽ αὔθις· συμπαρέσχεν \| τὴν σχέσιν + \|
	τοὺς τρεῖς δακτύλους. ὡς τοῦ γρά\|φειν ἔπαυσα + \|
	πέπαυμαι καὶ νῦν· τοῦ γράφειν \| τὴν βίβλον ταύτην + \|
	φε(βρου)ἀρίω μήν(ι)· εἰς τὴν δευτέραν \| βάσιν + \|
	ἔτος δ᾽ ὑπῆρχεν· τὰς χιλιάδας \| φέρων· \|
	αὐτὰς μόνας ἓξ· ἅμα ἐξακο\|σίων + \|
	τέσαρας καὶ δέκα· σὺν τῆς \| ἰνδίκτω ἅμα + \|
	εἰ ἦτε πάντες· ὦ φίλοι μεμνη\|μένοι· \|
	ὡς ἀναξίω· ἐμοί τε γράψαν\|τι +·
	παπὰς νικόλας, ὁ καὶ πανοι \| χθαμαλῶ + \|
	μονῆς καλλίστης. τῆς τοῦ ἀρχιστρα\|τήγου+ \|

Type(s)	[3005] ἡ χεὶρ τὸ γράμμα νοῦς τ᾽ ἐφέλκει τοὺς λόγους (12 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1106
Manuscript	OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. E. 2.4 [1106]
Place in Manuscript	f. 181v
Person(s)	Scribe Nikolaos (12th c.) - RGK: I.325
Palaeographical information	The epigram is written in two columns, to be read vertically. The caesura is marked by a dot and each verse is splitted in two lines, the second of which contains the end of the verse, shifted on the right.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Comment	The metre is not entirely accurate, but the metrical status of the text is confirmed by the layout of the epigram. Atsalos (1991: 695-696 n. 17): "+ ἡ χεὶρ τὸ γράμμα· νοὖσ στε φέλκει (l. νοῦς τε ἐφέλκει) τοὺς λόγους ...". 3 ὡς τοῦ: ὥστ΄οὐ Coxe (1969: 636) 5 φε(βρου)ἀρίω μήν(ι): φέαρ ἰωμὴν Coxe (1969: 636)
Image source(s)	Lake plate 113
Bibliography	Primary H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 636 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1982, Σημειώματα ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων ὡς πηγὴ διὰ τὴν ἔρευναν τοῦ οἰκονομικοῦ καὶ κοινωνικοῦ βίου τοῦ Βυζαντίου ἀπὸ τοῦ 9ου αἰῶνος μέχρι τοῦ ἔτους 1204, Athens: 190-191 I. Hutter, 1982, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Oxford Bodleian Library III. Textband (vol. 3.1), Stuttgart: 105 K. Lake, S. Lake, 1934, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200. Manuscripts in Venice, Oxford and London (vol. 2), Boston: 13, image 113
Number of verses	12
Related occurrence(s)	[20639] χειρὶ γεγράφθω πτω\|χοῦ. δὲ συμεῶν [1019] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagiou Saba 144 [1019] (f. 224r) (6 verses) (1/12) [17863] ἄναρχ(ε) χ(ριστ)ὲ τῶν καλ(ῶν) ἠ ἀκρότης [1292] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1877 [1292] (f. 177r) (11 verses) (3/12)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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