Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21534
(formerly occ/5360)

	ἔλαβε τέρμα (...)
	Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα τήνδε τήν βίβλον,
	Οἰχήσεται ναὶ κἄν φθαρῆ καθὰ κόνις.

This is a partially unknown text. The numbers on the left are there for reference purposes only and do not necessarily correspond with the actual verse number.

Type(s)	[2512] Ἔλαβε τέρμα βίβλος ἡ Πολυδεύκους (7 verses)
Text source	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: 748
Text status	Text partially unknown
Date	1490
Manuscript	NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II D 30 [1490]
Place in Manuscript	f. 165r
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Comment	It is not clear how this epigram looks like. Formentin (1995: 34) gives only the first two words and refers to Cougny III,323, which is a seven-line poem. Atsalos (1991: 748) quotes only verses 2 and 3.
Bibliography	Primary M. Formentin, 1995, Catalogus codicum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Neapolitanae (vol. 2), Rome: 34
Number of verses	3
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