Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2183
(formerly typ/234)

Χριστῷ τῷ δόντι ἀρχὴν καὶ τέλος δόξα.

Text source	P. Moraux, D. Harlfinger, D. Reinsch, J. Wiesner, 1976, Aristoteles Graecus. Die griechischen Manuskripte des Aristoteles. Alexandrien-London (vol. 1), Berlin-New York: 43
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Tag(s)	Doxology
Translation(s)	Glory to Christ, who gives beginning and end. Language English Source(s) DBBE (last accessed: 2026-09-09).
Comment	Text of Moraux - Harlfinger - Reinsch - Wiesner (1976: 43) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary W. Studemund, L. Cohn, 1890, Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin. Codices ex Bibliotheca Meermanniana Philippici Graeci nunc Berolinenses (vol. 1), Berlin: 44
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[17606] χ(ριστ)ῶ τῶ δόντι ἀρχὴν καὶ τέλος, δόξα [1476-1500] BERLIN - Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Preussischer Kulturbesitz) - Phillipps 1508 [1476-1500] (f. 194r) (1 verse)
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Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Lotte van Olmen, Ilse De Vos, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 870: "Librarii invoc."
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Last modified: 2023-06-12.

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