Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2240
(formerly typ/292)

	ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα τήν τῇδε βίβλον
	σαπήσεται φεῦ καὶ γενήσεται κόνις,
	γραφὴ δέ αὕτη εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας μένει·
	οἱ δ᾽ ἀναγινώσκοντες ταύτην ἐμπόνως,
	σύγγνωτε φειδόμενοι ἐμῶν σφαλμάτων,
	καί συγχώρησιν αἰτῶ βραβεύσατέ μοι.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Completion of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined B. Atsalos 1991, Die Formel Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα… in den Griechischen handschriften, in G. Cavallo, G. De Gregorio, M. Maniaci (eds.), Scritture, libri e testi nelle aree provinciali di Bisanzio. Atti del Seminario di Erice (18-25 settembre 1988) (vol. 2), Spoleto, 691-750: 739 E. Gamillscheg 1993, Subskriptionen griechischer Handschriften als historische Quelle, in F. Berger (ed.), Symbolae Berolinenses für Dieter Harlfinger, Amsterdam, 293-306: 296 G. Garitte 1962, Sur une formule des colophons de manuscrits grecs, in Collectanea vaticana in honorem Anselmi M. Card. Albareda a Bibliotheca Apostolica edita, Vatican City, 359-390: 373 E. Stevenson, 1885, Codices manuscripti Palatini Graeci, Rome: 119
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[17672] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα τὴν τῆδε βίβλον [1495] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 223 [1495] (f. 491r) (6 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 310: "Librarii subscr."
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