Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 31122

	Ἀρχὴ ἀρχ(ὴ) σὺ χ(ριστ)ὲ κ(αὶ) πάλι(ν) \| τέρμα πέλεις‧
	ὁ κατα\|ξιώσας με τῆσδε τῆς \| δέλτου ταύτης
	τὸ τέλος \| ἰδ(εῖν) ἀνακογχὴν εὑρᾶσθαι‧ \|
	καί ἐμὲ τ(ὸν) δείλαιον χ(ριστ)ὲ μου σῶσον‧
	τοὺς σολοκεισμούς μου \| (δὲ), χ(ριστ)ὲ συγχώρει‧
	τοῦ χωρικογρά\|φου τὲ κ(αὶ) ἁμαρτώδους‧ \|
	γερασίμου μοναχοῦ ταπεινοῦ, \|
	ἀθλίου ἰδιώτου γερασίμου \|
	μοναχοῦ καὶ ταπεινοῦ, ἀθλίου ἰδιώτου:

Type(s)	[2841] Ἀρχὴ σὺ, Χριστὲ, καὶ πάλιν σὺ τέρμα πέλεις (7 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1273-1500
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Stauroniketa 44 [1273-1274]
Place in Manuscript	f. 222r
Palaeographical information	A later scribe repeated on the same folio the poem written by the scribe Gerasimos in the 13th century.
Contextual information	The occurrence is followed by two epigrams dedicated to Martyrs of Nicomedia and to John the Baptist.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Comment	The last verses are metrically faulty.
Image source(s)	https://www.mountathos.org/en-US/Diva-Viewer.aspx?item=19955(65568#v=g&z=0&n=1&i=15_01_0044-0445.tif&y=84.57242583320476&x=484
Number of verses	9
Related occurrence(s)	[18519] Ἀρχ(ὴ) σὺ χριστὲ κ(αὶ) πάλιν σὺ τέρμα πέλεις [1273-1274] ATHOS - Mone Stauroniketa 44 [1273-1274] (f. 222r) (7 verses) (7/9) [32930] ἀρχὴ σὺ χ(ριστ)ὲ, \| καὶ πάλιν τέρ\|μα πέλεις [14th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 190 [14th c.] (f. 84v) (1 verse) (1/9)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki Contributor(s) 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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