Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 35790

	πά(λιν) πέφυκ(εν) ὑδῦς ἔσχατο(ς) στίχ(ος):
	τ(οῖς) ἐκμαθοῦσι τ(οῖς) (δὲ) γράψασι πλέ(ον)·
	εὐχ(ὴν) ἅμειψαι τ(ῆς) γραφ(ῆς) μ(ὲν) τ(ὸν) \| φίλ(ον):

Type(s)	[4007] Πᾶσι πέφυκεν ἡδὺς ἔσχατος στίχος (3 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	12th c.
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 434 [1101-1150]
Place in Manuscript	f. 118v
Palaeographical information	The epigram is written in red Alexandrian majuscule. The verses are written continuously in one line.
Contextual information	The epigram introduces the "Disputatio Christiani et Saraceni" by Ioannes of Damascus.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Bibliography	Primary I. Hutter, 2022, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Corpus der Italogriechischen dekorierten Handschriften der Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (vol. 6.2), Stuttgart: 661
Number of verses	3
Related occurrence(s)	[23435] πᾶσι πέφυκεν ἡδὺς ἔσχατος στίχ(ος) [1101-1150] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca R.III.1 [1101-1150] (f. 118v) (3 verses) (3/3) [23276] Πᾶσι πέφυκεν ἡδὺς ἔσχατος \| στίχ(ος) [1101-1150] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Ω.III.7 [1101-1150] (f. 107v) (3 verses) (3/3) [21121] πᾶσι πέφυκεν ἡδὺς \| ἔσχατος στῖχος [1176-1200] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana Q 2 sup. [1176-1200] (f. 231v) (3 verses) (3/3) [26494] πᾶσι πέφυκεν ἡδὺς ἔσχατος τίχος [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 8 [12th c.] (f. 280v) (2 verses) (2/3) [20047] πᾶσι πέ\|φυκ(εν) ἡδὺς ἔσχατο(ς) στίχο(ς) [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - suppl. gr. 8 [12th c.] (f. 312v) (2 verses) (2/3)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Eleonora Lauro Transcriber(s) Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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