Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23440
(formerly occ/7367)

	-: ἕτερον :-

	Λιμὴν μὲν ἡδὺς, ἀλλὰ καὶ βίβλου τέλος
	ἄμφω γὰρ εἰσὶν ἀνάπαυλα τῶν πόνων.

Type(s)	[5992] Λιμὴν μὲν ἡδύς, ἀλλὰ καὶ βίβλου τέλος (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1476
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 166 [1476]
Place in Manuscript	f. 239r
Person(s)	Scribe Georgios Hermonymos of Sparta < Laconia < Peloponnesos < Greece (1451-1500) - RGK: I.61, II.80, III.102 - VGH: 74.C - PLP: III.6125
Palaeographical information	The initial is in red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram is the second in a series of three poems written on f. 239r.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Barb.gr.166/0567
Bibliography	Primary J. Mogenet, J. Leroy, P. Canart, 1989, Codices Barberiniani Graeci. Codices 164-281 (vol. 2), Vatican City: 3
Number of verses	2
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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