Type 2360
(formerly typ/429)

Καὶ τῆσδε γραφεὺς Μανουὴλ πέλει τάλας·
ἔχει δ᾽ εἰς κτῆμα τήνδε τὴν θείαν βίβλον
ἡ λαμπρὰ μονὴ τῶν θείων Ἀναργύρων,
ᾗτινι κλῆσις ἀρχῆθεν Κοσμιδίου,
ἐκ συνδρομῆς τε καὶ θεαρέστου πόθου
θύτου Γερμανοῦ καὶ ἡγουμένου τῆσδε.
Text source K. Giannikou 2026, Formulaic Language in Byzantine Book Epigrams: A Typology Grounded in Ritually-Charged Pragmatic Functions, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS)(66.1), 1-41: 34
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)
Translation(s) And the scribe here is Manuel the wretched;
This divine book is held in possession
by the illustrious monastery of the Holy Anargyroi,
whose name has been ‘of Kosmidion’ since the beginning,
through the contribution and God-pleasing zeal
of Germanos, abbot of this monastery.
Language
English
Source(s)
K. Giannikou 2026, Formulaic Language in Byzantine Book Epigrams: A Typology Grounded in Ritually-Charged Pragmatic Functions, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS)(66.1), 1-41: 34
Translator(s)
Kyriaki Giannikou
Comment
For the purposes of the paper, this translation is as literal as possible.
Bibliography
Number of verses 6
Occurrence(s) [17813] καὶ τῆσδε γραφεὺς, | μανουὴλ πέλει τάλας [1251-1300]
VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 820 [1351-1400] (f. 308r)
(6 verses)
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Last modified: 2026-06-12.