| 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, 67-93: 77
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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) |
Dactylic hexameter
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| Tag(s) |
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| Critical Notes |
McCollum (2015) adds a comma after γραφεὺς (v. 3). |
| Translation(s) |
The sailor, laying hold of the much-deep harbor, rejoices,
And the scribe, further, rejoices, winding up the last line.
- 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, 67-93: 77
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| Bibliography |
Primary
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H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 525
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E. Mioni, 1985, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 300-625 (vol. 2), Rome: 539
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E. Stevenson, 1885, Codices manuscripti Palatini Graeci, Rome: 5
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K. Treu 1977, Der Schreiber am Ziel, in K. Treu (ed.), Studia Codicologica, Berlin, 473-492: 484
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| Number of verses |
2 |
| 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, 118: "Librarii nota in fine laboris"
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| Permalink |
https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/2262 |
