Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22013
(formerly occ/5878)

	+ γλυκὺ τὸ γράφειν βιβλίου \| τέλος ἄπαν· \|
	χ(ριστ)ὲ παντάναξ τῶν καλῶν ἡ ἀκρότ(ης) \|
	πρε(σβείαις) τῆς σὲ τεκούσης· τῶ γράψ(αντι) \|
	πάρασχ(ε) λύσιν ἀμπλακιμ(ά)τ(ων)· +

Type(s)	[5213] Γλυκὺ τὸ γράφειν βιβλίου τέλος ἅπαν (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	April 1112
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1531 [April 1112]
Place in Manuscript	f. 309v
Person(s)	Scribe Klemes (12th c.) - RGK: II.303 - VGH: 232.B (monachos of the Monastery ton Hiereon < Cyprus)
Contextual information	The verses precede a non-metrical colophon, where the name of the scribe, of the sponsor and the date are mentioned.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Image source(s)	Lake V, plate 317 https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10722750m/f315.item
Bibliography	Primary C. Constantinides, R. Browning, 1993, Dated Greek Manuscripts from Cyprus to the year 1570, Washington: 72 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: 66
Number of verses	4
Related occurrence(s)	[19924] Δέσποτα χριστὲ καὶ θεὲ τῶν ἁπάντων [1102] GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Δ. α. V [1102] ((unsure) f. 163v -- (gen.) end of ms.) (17 verses) (1/4) [19925] δέσποτα χ(ριστ)ὲ· καὶ κτήστα τῶν ἁπάντων [1113] GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Δ. α. VII [1113] (f. 139r) (6 verses) (1/4) [29769] Τέλος ὧδε πέφηκε ταύτης τῆς δέλτου [17/04/1496] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagia Trias 128 [17/04/1416] (f. 236v) (22 verses) (1/4) [18569] Καὶ τὸν γράψαντα καὶ μελετήσαντά τε [1263] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 5 [1263] (f. 185v) (2 verses) (1/4) [17863] ἄναρχ(ε) χ(ριστ)ὲ τῶν καλ(ῶν) ἠ ἀκρότης [01/12/1292] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1877 [01/12/1292] (f. 177r) (11 verses) (1/4)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas 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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