Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 30844

	Μὴ τέμνετω τις τὰ φύλλα τῶν βιβλίων·
	γράμμασιν αἰτῶ, κἂν σιγᾷ μου τό στόμα.
	Εἰ καὶ δοκοῦσιν εὐτελῆ τὰ χαρτία,
	ἀλλὰ τὸ κρίμα τομῆς ἔστι βία.

Type(s)	[4241] Μὴ τεμνέτω τις τὰ φύλλα τῶν βιβλίων (4 verses)
Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 77
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1201-1225
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Δ 70 (Eustratiades 446) [30/08/984]
Place in Manuscript	f. 8r
Palaeographical information	Added by a later hand.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Comment	The fourth verse counts eleven instead of twelve syllables. The same epigram can be found on f. 7r as well.
Number of verses	4
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