Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20639
(formerly occ/4313)

	+ χειρὶ γεγράφθω πτω\|χοῦ. δὲ συμεῶν·
	ὁ ἀναγινώσκον μνήαν \| ποιεῖ τὸ μάλα·
	ὑπὲρ \| τῆς ὑμ(ε)τέρας οὗτοιδα \| νεία·
	ὃς ἡδέως ἔπαυ\|σα τοῦς τρεῖς δακτύλους \|
	καὶ τὸ(ν) τράχηλον σὺν τῶ \| δεξιὸν γόνει·
	εἶδον τὸ \| τέλος καὶ τὸν ἔσχατον \| στεῖχον.--+

Type(s)	[4325] Χειρὶ γεγράφθω πτωχοῦ δὲ Συμεῶν<ος> (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	29/09/1019
Manuscript	JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagiou Saba 144 [29/09/1019]
Place in Manuscript	f. 224r
Person(s)	Scribe Symeon (11th c.) - VGH: 411.C - PMBZ: 29692: "Personenkennziffer: 27537"
Palaeographical information	Papadopoulos-Kerameus (1894: 228): 'πορφυροῖς γράμμασιν ἀναγινώσκεται τάδε'.
Contextual information	This poem is followed by a short colophon in prose indicating the date of the manuscript.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s)	https://collections.csntm.org/manuscripts/MNTGRCL1003 https://www.loc.gov/resource/amedmonastery.00279393132-jo/?sp=230
Bibliography	Primary K. Lake, S. Lake, 1934, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200. Manuscripts at Jerusalem, Patmos and Athens (vol. 1), Boston: 10 A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, 1894, Ἱεροσολυμιτικὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου ἀποστολικοῦ τε καὶ καθολικοῦ ὀρθοδόξου πατριαρχικοῦ θρόνου τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ πάσης Παλαιστίνης ἀποκειμένων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων (vol. 2), Saint-Petersburg: 228
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[18714] ἡ χεὶρ τὸ γράμμα· νοὖς τ εφέλ\|κει τοὺς λόγους [1106] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. E. 2.4 [1106] (f. 181v) (12 verses) (1/6) [17863] ἄναρχ(ε) χ(ριστ)ὲ τῶν καλ(ῶν) ἠ ἀκρότης [01/12/1292] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1877 [01/12/1292] (f. 177r) (11 verses) (1/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri 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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