Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2171
(formerly typ/219)

	Ἐνταῦθα τέρμα τῆς καλῆς χειρουργίας·
	καλὸν γὰρ ἔργον χειρός ἐστι τὸ γράφειν.

Text source	A. Marava-Chatzinikolaou, C. Toufexi-Paschou, 1978, Catalogue of the Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece. Manuscripts of the New Testament Texts 10th-12th Century (vol. 1), Athens: 189
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Beauty of the book Completion of the book
Translation(s)	This is the end of a beautiful creation. The writing is a fine work of the hand. Language English Source(s) A. Marava-Chatzinikolaou, C. Toufexi-Paschou, 1978, Catalogue of the Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece. Manuscripts of the New Testament Texts 10th-12th Century (vol. 1), Athens: 189
Bibliography	Primary B. Atsalos, 1971, La terminologie du livre-manuscrit à l'époque byzantine, Thessaloniki: 182 I. Sakkelion, A. Sakkelion, 1892, Κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς Ἐθνικῆς Βιβλιοθήκης τῆς Ἑλλάδος, Athens: 32
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[17592] Ἐνταῦθα τέρμα \| τῆς καλῆς χει\|ρουργίας [12th c.] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 163 [12th c.] (f. 327v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Lotte van Olmen, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 235: "Librarii nota in fine laboris"
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