Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2562
(formerly typ/652)

	Μέμνησο τοίνυν ταῖν χεροῖν ὅστις φέρεις
	ῥακενδυτοῦντος γραφέως Νικηφόρου,
	Ἐξαπτερύγων ἐκ γένους κατηγμένου,
	σώσαι Θεὸς, λέγων περ, αὐτὸν ἐν κρίσει.

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: 27
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Entreaty (asked to readers) Prayer
Translation(s)	Remember then, you who hold this in your hands, the rag-clad scribe, Nikephoros, who descends from the line of the Hexapterygoi, and say “may God save him in Judgement.” 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: 27 Translator(s) Kyriaki Giannikou Comment For the purposes of the paper, this translation is as literal as possible.
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined A. Olivieri, N. Festa 1895, Indice de'codici greci Bolognesi, Studi Italiani di Filologia Classica (SIFC), 3, 385-495: 465 C. Samberger, 1965, Catalogi codicum graecorum qui in minoribus bibliothecis Italicis asservantur (vol. 1), Leipzig: 83
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[18101] μέμνησο τοίνυν ταῖν χεροῖν ὅστ(ις) φέρ(εις) [13th c.] BOLOGNA - Biblioteca Universitaria 3643 [13th c.] (f. 244v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Kyriaki Giannikou The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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