Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20762
(formerly occ/4458)

	Γήθει μὲν λιμένα πλωτῆρ πολυβενθέα μάρπτων·
	γήθει δ᾽ αὔτε γραφεύς, στίχον ὕστατον ἐκτολυπεύων:+

Type(s)	[2262] Γήθει μὲν λιμένα πλωτὴρ πολυβενθέα μάρπτων (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana Q 88 sup. [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 276r
Palaeographical information	Initial written in red ink.
Contextual information	Written at the end of Homer's Odyssea.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Bibliography	Primary E. Martini, D. Bassi, 1906, Catalogus codicum graecorum Bibliothecae Ambrosianae (vol. 2), Milan: 795 A. McCollum 2015, The Rejoicing Sailor and the Rotting Hand: Two Formulas in Syriac and Arabic Colophons, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies, 18, 67-93: 77
Number of verses	2
Related occurrence(s)	[19906] γήθει μὲν λιμένα πλωτὴρ πολυβένθεα μάρπτων [1289] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Laud. gr. 40 [1289] (f. 207v) (2 verses) (2/2) [17694] Γήθει μὲν λιμένα πλωτὴρ πολυβενθέα μάρπτων [1335-1336] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 7 [1335-1336] (f. 197v) (2 verses) (2/2) [24721] γήθει μὲν λιμένα πλωτὴρ πολυβενθέα μάρπτων [1421] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 906 [1421] (f. 278r) (2 verses) (2/2) [22352] γήθει μὲν λιμένα πλωτὴρ πολυβενθέα μάρπτων [13th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 613 (coll. 868) [13th c.] (f. 295r) (2 verses) (2/2)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, 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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