| Text source |
A. McCollum 2015, The Rejoicing Sailor and the Rotting Hand: Two Formulas in Syriac and Arabic Colophons, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies, 18, 67-94: 75-76
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| Text status |
Text completely known |
| Editorial status |
Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) |
Scribe-related epigram
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| Metre(s) |
Dodecasyllable
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| Tag(s) |
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| Translation(s) |
As to deer at the time of burning heat
The longed-for spring is a remedy for summer,
So, too, to scribes a natural pleasantness
Is the end of the book, to those who have labored.
- Language
- English
- Source(s)
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A. McCollum 2015, The Rejoicing Sailor and the Rotting Hand: Two Formulas in Syriac and Arabic Colophons, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies, 18, 67-94: 75-76
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography category to be determined
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P. Schreiner, 1988, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 867-932 (vol. 4), Vatican City: 100
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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: 78
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K. Treu 1977, Der Schreiber am Ziel, in K. Treu (ed.), Studia Codicologica, Berlin, 473-492: 483
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| Number of verses |
4 |
| Occurrence(s) |
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| Acknowledgements |
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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| Identification |
Vassis ICB 2005, 907: "Librarii nota in fine laboris"
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| Permalink |
https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/2194 |
