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
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1019
Manuscript	JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagiou Saba 144 [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)	Papadopoulos-Kerameus (1894: 228). Cf. also Lake I, plate 9.
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 [1292] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1877 [1292] (f. 177r) (11 verses) (1/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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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