Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19434
(formerly occ/2925)

	ἔλαβε τέρμα βίβλος ἡ πολυδέυκους
	ἰουλίου, καίσαρος κομμόδου χάριν·
	ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα τήνδε τὴν βίβλ(ον),
	οἰχήσεται ναὶ κἂν φθαρῆ καθὰ κόνις·
	ὁ λαμβάνων δὲ τήνδε χερσὶ κ(αὶ) βλέπων,
	θάνατον εἰς νοῦν καὶ κρίσιν λαμβανέτω·
	μνήμην τε κᾳμοῦ, κἂν μακρὰν εἰμι λί(αν):-

Type(s)	[2512] Ἔλαβε τέρμα βίβλος ἡ Πολυδεύκους (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Plut. 58, Cod. 26 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 192r
Palaeographical information	Initial in red ink.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Patron-related epigram Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Julius Pollux of Naukratis < Egypt (2nd c.) Lucius Aurelius Commodus (31/08/161 - 31/12/192)
Image source(s)	http://mss.bmlonline.it/s.aspx?Id=AWOItNKhI1A4r7GxML9p&c=Iulii%20Pollucis%20Libri%20onomastici#/oro/393
Bibliography	Primary A. Bandini, 1768, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae (vol. 2), Florence: 470 K. Treu 1970, Weitere Handschriften mit der Schreiberformel «Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα...», Scriptorium, 24(1), 56-64: 58 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: 702 N. Vanhoe, World Book Day blog: Voices from the margins (posted on: 2021-04-22).
Number of verses	7
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande, Rachele Ricceri, Lotte van Olmen, Ilse De Vos, 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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