Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21360
(formerly occ/5163)

	λιμὴν μὲν ἡδὺς· ἀλλὰ καὶ βίβλου τέλος
	Ἄμφω γὰρ εἰσὶν ἀνάπαυλα τῶν πόνων

Type(s)	[5992] Λιμὴν μὲν ἡδύς, ἀλλὰ καὶ βίβλου τέλος (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	15th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 110 [15th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 50r
Person(s)	Scribe Georgios Hermonymos of Sparta < Laconia < Peloponnesos < Greece (1451-1500) - RGK: I.61, II.80, III.102 - VGH: 74.C - PLP: III.6125
Palaeographical information	Written by one of the hands who collaborate in writing this manuscript.
Contextual information	Written at the end of Paul's Epistles.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s)	http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=44&left=4&top=54&site=INTF&image=31848/0/7550/10/1648
Bibliography	Primary 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: 76 K. Treu 1977, Der Schreiber am Ziel, in K. Treu (ed.), Studia Codicologica, Berlin, 473-492: 483 Secondary K. Demoen 2012, La poésie de la συλλογή Les paratextes métriques des manuscrits byzantins et le (vocabulaire du) recueil, in C. Gastgeber, C. Messis, D. Muresan, F. Ronconi (eds.), Pour l'amour de Byzance. Hommage à Paolo Odorico, Frankfurt am Main, 89-98: 97
Number of verses	2
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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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