Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18718
(formerly occ/2101)

	+ οἶδα μὲν οἶδα σφαλμάτων πολλῶν γέ\|μον:
	ὃ χερσὶν αὐτὸς πυξίον ἐγεγράφειν: \|
	ἀλλ᾽ ἐστέ μοι μέτριοι, καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἔχω:
	τὴν τε\|χνικὴν σύμμαχον ὀρθογραφίαν:
	πατρὶ δὲ \| πεισθεὶς· μαξίμω θείω θύτη:
	τῷ πρὸς \| χλόην ἄγοντι τὴν ζωηφόρον:
	θρέμματα \| χ(ριστ)οῦ. πληθὺν ἀν(θρώπ)ων λέγω;
	τὴν χεῖρα τείνω κἂν κι\|νεῖσθαι μὴ σθένη
	νέμοιτέ μοι δὲ τῷ γραφεῖ, \| θεοκτίστω·
	λύσιν ἀπεἰρων ψυχικῶν ἐγ\|κλημάτων;
	καὶ βασιλείας οὐρανῶν κλη\|ρουχίαν +

Type(s)	[3008] Οἶδα μὲν οἶδα σφαλμάτων πολλῶν γέμον (11 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1127
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1570 [09/06/1127]
Place in Manuscript	f. 213r
Person(s)	Scribe Theoktistos (12th c.) - RGK: II.177 - VGH: 143.C
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of the manuscript. It is preceded by a non-metrical colophon, which mentions the date.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Maximos (1101-1150) - RGK: II.40, II.177 (abbas of the Prodromos Monastery of Petra < Konstantinoupolis < Turkey, hegoumenos of the Prodromos Monastery of Petra < Konstantinoupolis < Turkey) Theoktistos (12th c.) - RGK: II.177 - VGH: 143.C
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107233903/f232.item
Bibliography	Primary A. Cataldi Palau, 2008, Studies in Greek Manuscripts (vol. 1), Spoleto: (image: plate VII) 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: 197 H. Hunger, O. Kresten 1980, Archaisierende Minuskel und Hodegonstil im 14. Jahrhundert, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik (JÖB), 29, 187-236: E. Kakoulidi 1968, Ἡ βιβλιοθήκη τῆς Μονῆς Προδρόμου-Πέτρας στὴν Κωνσταντινούπολη, Hellenica, 21, 3-39: 19 K. Lake, S. Lake, 1936, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200. Manuscripts in Paris, part II, Oxford, Berlin, Vienna and Jerusalem (vol. 5), Boston: 11 O. Volk 1955, Die byzantinischen Klosterbibliotheken von Konstantinopel, Thessalonike und Kleinasien, Munich: 67 display 3 more references (6 in total) hide 3 references (6 in total)
Number of verses	11
Related occurrence(s)	[18597] ἔα τὰς πολλὰς ὦ φίλε δέλτους βίβλους [1318] ATHOS - Skete Kausokalubion 10 [1318] (f. 55v-56r) (15 verses) (1/11)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri, 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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