Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20686
(formerly occ/4373)

	+ ἰδοῦ καὶ τέλος ἤλιφεν ἡ βίβλος ἰω\|άσαφ·
	ἁμαρτωλοῦ καὶ διστιχοῦς καὶ \| χωρικοῦ γραφέ(ως):
	ἀλλ' ὦ χ(ριστ)ὲ πανβα\|σιλεῦ δώς μοι ἰσχύν καὶ δάκρια,
	ὅπως \| ἐκβλήσω σταλαγμῶν ρυπτικῶν μελη\|μάτων,
	καὶ ὅψομαι τὴν δόξαν σου \| καὶ ζήσω εἰς αἰῶνας:∙ +~

Type(s)	[4358] Ἰδοῦ καὶ τέλος εἴληφεν ἡ βίβλος Ἰωάσαφ (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagiou Saba 288 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 315r
Person(s)	Scribe Ioasaph (15th c.) - VGH: 216.G - PLP: IV.8907 (grapheus, hamartolos)
Palaeographical information	Papadopoulos-Kerameus (1894: 412): 'Μετὰ δὲ τὸ τέλος αὐτῆς διὰ κιτρίνης βαφῆς ὁ καλλιγράφος τοῦ τεύχους ἔγραψε στίχους πολιτικοὺς πέντε'.
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Barlaam and Ioasaph Ioasaph (15th c.) - VGH: 216.G - PLP: IV.8907 (grapheus, hamartolos) Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Comment	It is not clear whether ἰωάσαφ (v. 1) is the name of the scribe or only refers to the content of the manuscript (i.e. the story of Barlaam and Ioasaph).
Image source(s)	https://www.loc.gov/resource/amedmonastery.00279394458-jo/?sp=319
Bibliography	Primary 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: 412-413 L. Politis 1958, Eine Schreiberschule im Kloster τῶν Ὁδηγῶν, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 51, 17-36, 261-317: 23
Number of verses	5
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande, Rachele Ricceri, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout
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