Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 21693
(formerly occ/5543)

	μνήσθητι κ(ύρι)ε τῷ π(...) (...)σαμ(έν)ω
	τὴν βίβλον \| ταύτην· μιχα(ὴ)λ τῷ (...)νι
	τῶν ἀβροτίμων \| (καὶ) τοῖς δεξιοῖς συναριθμιον
	(...) προβάτοις \| ὡ(...) εὔσπλαχνος καὶ ἐλεήμων
	κ(...)ι μὴ τὰ εὐό\|νυμα ἀποκερδύσω·
	ἤγουν ἐρ(...)φων ὁδυνη\|ρὰς μερίδος:
	Ἰκέτης γὰρ ἔπεσον πρὸς θ(εοτό)κον·
	ἀ-\|ποστόλους πρόδρομον τὸν ἰωάννην: \|
	εὐαγγελιστὰς τοὺς ἐνταῦθα γραφέντας· \|
	ἵνα δι αὐτῶν, κἂν \| σ(ωτη)ρίας τύχω +

Type(s)	[4963] Μνήσθητι, κύριε, τῷ πόθῳ κτησαμένῳ (10 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	PRINCETON - University Library - Garrett 7 [1176-1200]
Place in Manuscript	f. 240r
Person(s)	Scribe Michael (14th c.) (poimen)
Palaeographical information	Kotsabassi (2010: 46): 'partially burned note'. Written by a later owner of the manuscript.
Contextual information	Written at the end of the manuscript.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable Mixture Rhythmical prose
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Apostles Four Evangelists John the Baptist (10 BC-1 BC - 1st c.) Michael (14th c.) (poimen) Theotokos
Comment	There is large blank space between vv. 6 and 7. From v. 7 onwards, the epigram consists of correct dodecasyllables.
Image source(s)	http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=35&left=6&top=53&site=INTF&image=30895/0/4910/20/1435
Bibliography	Primary S. Kotzabassi 2009, Manuscripts Speaking: The History of Readership and Ownership, in C. Hourihane (ed.), Byzantine Art: Recent Studies. Essays in honor of Lois Drewer, Tempe, Arizona, 171-184: 176, 177 (image: plate 4) S. Kotzabassi, N. Patterson Ševčenko, D. Skemer, 2010, Greek manuscripts at Princeton, Sixth to Nineteenth Century: A Descriptive Catalogue, Princeton: 46
Number of verses	10
Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'. Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) 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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Last modified: 2020-08-25.

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