Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2646
(formerly typ/748)

Ὥσπερ τοῖς πλέουσιν ἡδὺς ὁ λιμήν,
οὕτως καὶ τοῖς γράφουσιν τὸ τέλος τοῦ βιβλίου.
Text source DBBE
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)
Critical Notes v. 2 γράφουσιν ] γράφωσιν Kominis (1988:74)
Translation(s)
  • Voor zij die varen, is het zoet de haven te bereiken.
    Voor zij die schrijven, het einde van het boek.
    Language
    Dutch
    Translator(s)
    Ilse De Vos
  • Like the harbour is sweet to those who sail,
    so is the end of the book to those who write.
    Language
    English
    Translator(s)
    Ilse De Vos
Comment v. 1 counts 11 syllables
v. 2 counts 14 syllables
Bibliography

Primary

A. Kominis, 1988, Πατμιακὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι νέος κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων κωδίκων τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Θεολόγου, Athens: 74

Secondary
Number of verses 2
Occurrence(s) [18238] Ὥσπερ τοῖς πλέουσιν ἡδὺς ὁ λιμὴν οὕτως [876-925]
PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 29 [876-925] (f. 399r)
(2 verses)
Related type(s)
Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)
Ilse De Vos, Cristina Cocola, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout

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Identification
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