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Occurrence 18908
(formerly occ/2315)

	ἡ χεὶρ μ(ὲν) ἡ γρά(ψασ)α σίπετ(αι) τάφω
	ἡ γραφὴ (δὲ) μένη εἰς χρόν(ους)\| πληρεστάτ(ους)·

Type(s)	[1974] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφῳ (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	01/09/1191-31/08/1192
Manuscript	NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - ex-Vind. gr. 9* [01/09/1191-31/08/1192]
Place in Manuscript	f. 169r
Person(s)	Scribe Konstantinos Biskianites (12th c.) - VGH: 241.F
Contextual information	This epigram is the second in a series of three.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s)	https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/manuscript-workspace?docID=30225&pageID=3440
Bibliography	Primary J. Bick, 1920, Die Schreiber der Wiener griechischen Handschriften, Vienna: 26 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: 217 G. Garitte 1962, Sur une formule des colophons de manuscrits grecs, in Collectanea vaticana in honorem Anselmi M. Card. Albareda a Bibliotheca Apostolica edita, Vatican City, 359-390: 375 E. Mioni, 1992, Catalogus codicum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Neapolitanae (vol. 1.1), Rome: 20 L. Radermacher 1920, Politische Verse, Byzantinisch-neugriechische Jahrbücher, 1, 348-352: 350 Secondary B. Atsalos 1991, Die Formel Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα… in den Griechischen handschriften, in G. Cavallo, G. De Gregorio, M. Maniaci (eds.), Scritture, libri e testi nelle aree provinciali di Bisanzio. Atti del Seminario di Erice (18-25 settembre 1988) (vol. 2), Spoleto, 691-750: 705
Number of verses	2
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B. p. 518) (2 verses) (1/2) [24024] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράφουσα, σήπετ(αι) \|τάφω [13th-14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 271 [13th-14th c.] (f. 321v) (2 verses) (2/2) [25306] ἡ χεὶρ μ(ὲν) ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφω [1320] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Β 89 (Eustratiades 209) [1320] (f. 257r) (2 verses) (2/2) [31118] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψα\|σα‧ σίπεται τά\|φω [1181] ATHOS - Mone Xenophontos 1 [1181] (f. 102v) (2 verses) (1/2) [18425] χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα, σήπτεται τάφω [1329] ATHOS - Mone Xeropotamou 221 [1329] (f. 201v) (2 verses) (1/2) [18611] ἡ γὰρ χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα τὴνδε πυκτίδα [September 1331] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghia 44 [01/09/1331-28/02/1335] (f. 311v) (3 verses) (1/2) [21479] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σίψεται τάφῳ: [1428] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Theologikê Scholê 87 [1428] ((gen.) at the end of the colophon) (2 verses) (1/2) [20673] Θείου νοητοῦ ἄνθρακας πυρὸς φέρω [1405] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagiou Saba 229 [1405] (f. 421v-422r) (29 verses) (2/2) [18470] ἡ χεῖρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα τήνδε τὴν βί\|βλον [1285] KALAVRYTA - Mone Megalon Spelaion 37 [1285] (f. 260r) (3 verses) (1/2) [24681] ἡ χεῖρ ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφω [March 1111] LONDON - British Library - Add. 28816 [01/03/1111-31/03/1111] (f. 149v) (1 verse) (1/2) [21483] χειρ μ(εν) ἡ γράψασ(α) σέπεται τάφω [1408] METEORA - Mone Metamorphoseos 84 [1408] (f. 113r) (4 verses) (1/2) [16999] Η χεῖρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα. \| σήπετε τάφωι [1022] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana B 56 sup. [1022] (f. 187r) (2 verses) (2/2) [21067] (...) μὲν γραφή μένη εἰς τὸν αἰῶ(να) [13th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana H 2 sup. [13th c.] (f. 283v) (2 verses) (1/2) [19626] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα. σήπεται τάφῳ [15th c.] MODENA - Biblioteca Estense Universitaria α. S. 8. 11 (Puntoni 172; olim II F 7) [15th c.] (f. 194v) (2 verses) (2/2) [21486] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γρἀψασα σίπεται τά\|φω [1126] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 406 (Vlad. 401) [1126] (f. 178r) (3 verses) (2/2) [18778] Εἰ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σύπεται τάφω [1399] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 416 (Vlad. 351) [1399] (f. 350v) (2 verses) (1/2) [21485] ἡ χεῖρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σίποιτε τάφω [1116] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 485 (Vlad. 8) [1116] (f. 33v) (2 verses) (2/2) [18911] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σίπεται τάφω [14th c.] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II A 2 [14th c.] (f. 170r) (2 verses) (2/2) [21487] ἡ χεὶρ μ(ὲν) ἡ γράψασα, σήπεται τάφῳ [1492] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II C 33 [1476-1500] (f. 518r) (6 verses) (1/2) [23076] (...) σήπετ(αι) τά\|φῶ [12th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. T. 2.1 [12th c.] (f. 293r) (2 verses) (1/2) [19981] ἡ γὰρ χεὶρ η γράψασα τῆν βίβλον ταύτην σίπ(ε)ται τάφῳ [07/04/1285] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. T. 3.6 [07/04/1285] (f. 202r) (1 verse) (1/2) [19982] ἡ γὰρ χεὶρ η γράψασα τῆν βίβλον τάυτην σίπεται τάφω [07/04/1285] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. T. 3.6 [07/04/1285] (f. 202r) (1 verse) (1/2) [18346] ἡ γὰρ χεῖρ ἡ γράψασα σήπετε τάφω [07/04/1285] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. T. 3.6 [07/04/1285] (f. 202r) (1 verse) (1/2) [19565] ἡ χείρ μὲν \| ἡ γράψασα· σίπεται \| τάφω [1253] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Clarke 8 [1253] (f. 196r) (2 verses) (1/2) [18860] χεῖρα μὲν ἡ γράψασα σύπεται τάφῳ [14th c.] PAPHOS - Mone Kukkou 49 (Kyrris) [14th c.] (f. 195v) (2 verses) (2/2) [18728] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σύπεται τάφω [1167] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 83 [1167] (f. 298v) (2 verses) (1/2) [21563] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα, σήπεται τάφω [1432] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 96 [1432] (f. 264v) (2 verses) (2/2) [22101] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα, \| (...) τάφω [1319] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 358 [1319] (p. 493) (2 verses) (2/2) [17080] ἠ χεὶρ μὲν ἠ γράψασα σύπετε τάφω [1021] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 375 [1021] (f. 193r) (2 verses) (2/2) [21492] Εἰ μὲν χεῖρ ἡ γρά(φ)ουσα σύμπτετ(αι) τάφω [1315] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 770 [1315] (f. 268r) (2 verses) (1/2) [21493] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράφουσα σήπεται τάφω [1325] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1040 [1325] (f. 205v) (2 verses) (2/2) [21495] Εἰ μὲν χειρ ι γράψασα σύπεται τάφῳ [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1684 [15th c.] (f. 139v) (2 verses) (1/2) [21496] εἰ μὲν χειρ ἡ γραψασα, συπεται τάφω [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1699 [15th c.] (f. 185v) (2 verses) (2/2) [18235] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα, σέσημπται τάφῳ, [13th c.] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 13 [13th c.] ((gen.) auf der Spiegelkaschierung (Papier) des hinteren Deckels (Atsalos 1991: 748)) (2 verses) (2/2) [21481] Ἔγραψε ταυτ(α) χεῖρ \| μιχαῆλ (μον)αχ(οῦ) [1020] SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Nacional'naja biblioteka (RNB) - Ф. № 906 (Gr.) Gr. 71 (Granstrem 195) [1020] (f. 169r -- (gen.) at the end of the note) (3 verses) (1/2) [21749] Εἴληφε τέρμα τριακοντόπους κλίμαξ [12th-13th c.] SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Nacional'naja biblioteka (RNB) - Ф. № 906 (Gr.) Gr. 102 (Granstrem 427) [12th c.] (f. 345v) (3 verses) (1/2) [21497] εἰ μὲν χεὶ(..) \| ἡ γράψασα μέλλει σίπτεσθ(...) \| τάφω [1282] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 50 [1282] (f. 263r) (2 verses) [18783] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σήπετ(αι) τάφω [12th-13th c.] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 775 [12th-13th c.] (f. 166r) (2 verses) (1/2) [19729] Ἡ χεὶρ μὲν γράψασα τὴν βίβλον ταύτην [1315] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 805 [1315] (f. 180r) (3 verses) [18522] ὁτὶ χεῖρ μεν ἠ γράψασα σίπεται τάφω [19/08/1276] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 455 [19/08/1276] (f. 145r) (2 verses) (1/2) [21512] εἰ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σύπτεται τάφῳ [05/11/1442] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 159 [05/11/1442] (f. 188r) (2 verses) (2/2) [21513] εἰ μὲν χυρὶ γράψασα, σίπεται τάφω [1449] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 256 [1449] (f. 389v) (2 verses) (2/2) [17682] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σίψε\|ται τάφω [01/05/1476] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 265 [01/05/1476] (f. 134v) (2 verses) (1/2) [21503] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σήπετ(αι) τάφω [1415] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 52 [1415] (f. 212v) (2 verses) (2/2) [17714] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράφουσα σήπεται τάφω [14th-15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 67 [14th-15th c.] (f. 256r) (2 verses) (2/2) [21504] ἠ μ(ὲν) χεὶρ ἠ γράψασα \| σήπετε τάφω [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 572 [14th-15th c.] (f. 18r) (2 verses) (2/2) [17840] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα, σήπετ(αι) τάφω [1362] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 918 [1362] (f. 158r) (2 verses) (2/2) [17841] χεὶρ μ(ὲν) ἡ γράψασα, σίπεται τάφῳ [1340] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 920 [1340] (f. 221v) (2 verses) (1/2) [17885] χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφω [24/10/1118] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1646 [24/10/1118] (f. 278v) (2 verses) (2/2) [16995] Ὅτι χεὶρ ἡ γρά\|ψασα σίπεται τάφω [January 1037] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1650 [01/01/1037-31/01/1037] (f. 186r) (2 verses) (2/2) [17859] ἄναρχε θεὲ· τῶ τρησώλβιων βήος [1173] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1853 [1173] (f. 124r) (10 verses) (2/2) [17864] ἡ χεῖρ μ(ὲν) ἡ γράψασα σέσι\|πται τάφω [01/12/1292] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1877 [01/12/1292] (f. 177v) (2 verses) (2/2) [21506] χείρ μεν η γραψασα σιπεται ταφω [1056] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2082 [1056] (f. 167r) (1 verse) (1/2) [21535] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τύμβῳ [1443] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 274 (coll. 625) [1443] (f. 205r) (2 verses) (2/2) [21536] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα κόνις φανήσεται, [1394] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. X 5 [1394] (f. 124v) (3 verses) (1/2) [36572] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν γράψασα τὴν δέλτον ταύτην [10/08/1319] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 61 [10/08/1319] (f. 117r) (3 verses) (1/2) [18598] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα τὴν δέλτον ταύτην [10/08/1319] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 63 [10/08/1319] (f. 134v) (3 verses) (1/2) display 64 more occurrences (67 in total) hide 64 occurrences (67 in total)
Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'. Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki 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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