Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19678
(formerly occ/3218)

	Εὔχεσθαι τοίνυν, οἱ κρατοῦντες τὴν δέλτον·
	ὅπος λύσιν εὕρω τῶν ἐμοὶ πεπραγμένων·
	αἰσχρῶν, πονηρῶν καὶ κακίστων σφαλμάτων;
	οἷς ὁ κρωτὸς πέπτωκα δεινοῖς πολλάκις;
	τούτου χάριν εὔχεσθαι τῷ γεγραφότι: +

Type(s)	[3771] Εὔχεσθαι τοίνυν οἱ κρατοῦντες τὴν δέλτον (5 verses)
Text source	V. Mosin, 1961, Les manuscrits du musée national d'Ochrida, Ohrid: 224
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1301-1325
Manuscript	OHRID - Naroden Muzej 7 (Mosin 68) [1301-1325]
Place in Manuscript	f. 621r
Person(s)	Scribe Matthaios Rentiri (14th c.) - PLP: X.24240 (monachos)
Contextual information	This epigram is followed by an epigram of which the metrical status is quite unclear: inc. 'Μνήσθητι Κ(ύρι)ε Ματθαίου μοναχοῦ'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Number of verses	5
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