Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21494
(formerly occ/5318)

	+ ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα τήνδε τὴν βίβλον,
	σαπήσεται φεῦ \| καὶ γενήσετ(αι) κόνις·
	τάφω προσεγγίση τὲ σωματο\|φθόρω·
	ἡμεῖς δὲ ἅπαντες, οἱ τοῦ χ(ριστο)ῦ μερίδος· \|
	εὔχεσθαι πρὸς κ(ύριο)ν, εὑρεῖν σφαλμάτων λύσι(ν)·
	νὲ \| δυσωπῶ μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ· ἀδελφοὶ καὶ π(ατέ)ρες· \|
	δέξασθαί μου δέησιν, οἱκτρὰν· ὢ θείασος ἁγία· \|
	ἰωάννης κέκλημαι, φεῦ μοι καὶ τοῦτο μέγα· \|
	κέκλημαι δὲ καὶ ἱερεῦς, τῆ κλήσει οὐ τῆ χρίση·

Type(s)	[36284] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα τήνδε τὴν βίβλον (9 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1553 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 301r
Person(s)	Scribe Ioannes (14th c.) - RGK: II.276 - VGH: 209.D - PLP: IV.8514 (hiereus)
Contextual information	Written at the end of the manuscript.
Metre(s)	Decapentasyllable Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Ioannes (14th c.) - RGK: II.276 - VGH: 209.D - PLP: IV.8514 (hiereus) Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Comment	Atsalos (1991: 739): 'In zwei Beispielen aber (Paris. gr. 1553 und Sin. 805) gibt es eine Abweichung, die durch den Gebrauch des ungewöhnlichen Adjektivs σωματοφθόρος deutlicher ist. Ich glaube, man sollte auf diese Ähnlichkeiten achten'. The same epigram, but with many orthographical errors, is repeated on f. 301v.
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10723346q/f308.item
Bibliography	Primary B. De Montfaucon, 1708, Palaeographia graeca sive de ortu et progressu literarum graecarum, Paris: 75 G. Garitte 1962, Sur une formule des colophons de manuscrits grecs, in Collectanea vaticana in honorem Anselmi M. Card. Albareda a Bibliotheca Apostolica edita, Vatican City, 359-390: 369 F. Valerio 2022, A Short History of the Greek Colophon from the Beginnings to Modern Times, Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin, 8(1), 19-72: 60 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 F. Valerio 2022, A Short History of the Greek Colophon from the Beginnings to Modern Times, Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin, 8(1), 19-72: 27
Number of verses	9
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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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