Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20331
(formerly occ/3987)

	Τῇ μὲν χεῖρ τῇ γράψασα καλύπτει τάφος
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Type(s)	[4183] Τῇ μὲν χεῖρ τῇ γράψασα καλύπτει τάφος (2 verses)
Text source	K. Treu 1970, Weitere Handschriften mit der Schreiberformel «Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα...», Scriptorium, 24, 56-64: 57
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Docheiariou 18 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	(gen.) end of ms.
Person(s)	Scribe Gerasimos (14th c.) - VGH: 66.D (hiereus, monachos)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Comment	The verse is followed by "τῇ δὲ γραφεῖ τῇ παραπεμπούσῃ εἰς χρόνους πληρεστάτους Γερασίμῳ ἀναξίῳ μοναχῷ καὶ ἱερεῖ ἀπο ὅρους τοῦ Παπικίου τῷ κε γραφεὺς..." and the date.
Bibliography	Primary S. Lampros, 1895, Κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων (vol. 1), Cambridge: 236 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: 699
Number of verses	2
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Contributor(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande, 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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