Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21491
(formerly occ/5315)

	+ ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σὺν τῶ \| καλάμω·
	σαπήσεται φεῦ καὶ \| γεννήσεται κόνις·

Type(s)	[2246] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σήψεται τάφῳ (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	12th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 505 [12th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 456v
Palaeographical information	Atsalos (1991: 706): 'von zeitgenös. Hand'.
Contextual information	The epigram is followed by 'ἡδὲβίβ...'. Then the scribe stops the writing (Rudberg 1966: 66).
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b107219558/f471.item
Bibliography	Primary S. Rudberg 1961, Annotations historiques et adscripta métriques contenus dans les manuscrits de Basile de Césarée, Scriptorium, 15, 61-67: 63 S. Rudberg 1966, Note sur une formule des colophons de manuscrits grecs, Scriptorium, 20, 66-67: 66 Secondary B. Atsalos 1991, Die Formel Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα… in den Griechischen handschriften, in G. Cavallo, G. De Gregorio, M. Maniaci (eds.), Scritture, libri e testi nelle aree provinciali di Bisanzio. Atti del Seminario di Erice (18-25 settembre 1988) (vol. 2), Spoleto, 691-750: 706
Number of verses	2
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Lisa-Lou Péchillon Contributor(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande, 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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