Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2345
(formerly typ/413)

	Τίς ἄν σε προσβλέψειε, φιλτάτη βίβλε;
	Τίς ἐντύχοι σοι; τίς δ' ἂν εἰς χεῖρας λάβοι;
	Οὕτως ἔχει φόβος με τῆς ἀχρησίας,
	κἄν τι προσείη χρήσιμον τοῖς σοῖς λόγοις.

Title(s)	Εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ βίβλον
Text source	P. de Lagarde, 1882, Iohannis Euchaitorum metropolitae quae in codice Vaticano graeco 676 supersunt, Göttingen: VI
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet John Mauropous (1001 - 1075-1081) - PBW: Ioannes/289/
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Mauropous (1001 - 1075-1081) - PBW: Ioannes/289/
Tag(s)	Praefatio / programma
Translation(s)	To his own book. Who will cast his gaze at you, my beloved book? Who will read you? Who will take you in his hands? Thus does fear of disuse seize me, even if there might be something useful in your words. Language English Source(s) P. Agapitos 2015, Contesting Conceptual Boundaries. Byzantine Literature and Its History, Interfaces. A Journal of Medieval European Literatures, 1, 62-91: 82 My dear book, who will look at you? Who will read you? Who will take you in their hands? So much does the fear grib me that you may not be used, even if something useful may be present in your words. Language English Source(s) F. Bernard, 2014, Writing and Reading Byzantine Secular Poetry 1025-1081, Oxford: 59
Bibliography	Primary P. Agapitos 2015, Contesting Conceptual Boundaries. Byzantine Literature and Its History, Interfaces. A Journal of Medieval European Literatures, 1, 62-91: 82 F. Bernard, 2014, Writing and Reading Byzantine Secular Poetry 1025-1081, Oxford: 59
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[17278] Τις ἄν σε προσβλέψειε φιλτάτη βίβλε [11th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 676 [11th c.] (f. IIv) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Lotte van Olmen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 751: "In librum opera Ioann. Mauropodis continentem"
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