Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2577
(formerly typ/672)

	Πέρας, ξένε, ἔλαβον αἱ ἱστορίαι,
	ὡς ἄρτι λύσεις ἁπάσας ὧδε, ξένε.

Text source	E. Stevenson, 1888, Codices manuscripti graeci Reginae Svecorum et Pii PP. II Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Rome: 101
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Manuel Kalekas (14th c. - 1410) - RGK: II.346, III.413 - VGH: 277.B - PLP: V.10289
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Completion of the book Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Primary A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, 1891, Ἱεροσολυμιτικὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου ἀποστολικοῦ τε καὶ καθολικοῦ ὀρθοδόξου πατριαρχικοῦ θρόνου τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ πάσης Παλαιστίνης ἀποκειμένων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων (vol. 1), Saint-Petersburg: 409
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[20588] τέρας (?) ξένε ἔλαβον αἱ ἱστορίαι [1301-1350] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghiou Taphou 405 [1301-1350] (f. 93r) (2 verses) [18081] τέρας, ξένε, ἔλαβον αἱ ἱστορίαι [1376-1400] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 143 [14th-15th c.] (f. 33v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 612: "In Nonni abbatis interpretationem historiarum quas Greg. Nazianzenus commemorat" Vassis ICB 2005, 721: "Manuel Calecas, In fine historiarum Ps.-Nonni in s. Gregor. Theologum"
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