Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2728
(formerly typ/837)

πᾶσι μὲν τοῖς βλέπουσι πρὸς φθαρτὰ φύλλα
χρυσὸς λίθοι μάργαρος ἀργύρου φύσις·
τῷ δεσπότη δὲ τοῦ παρόντος βιβλίου
τῷ τε Μουγδουφῇ κυρῷ τῷ Γεωργίῳ
οὐ χρυσὸς οὐκ ἄργυρος οὐκ ἄλλο τούτων,
εἰ μὴ μελωδῶν εὐλογεῖν τὸν δεσπότην
κατὰ τὸν Δαυὶδ ἑπτάκις τῆς ἡμέρας·
οἵῳ πόθῳ τέτυχε τὴν βίβλον ταύτην
ἐκ καρδίας ὅλης τε αὐτοῦ ἰσχύος,
ἐξόδου πολλοῦ καὶ τύρβου καὶ μερίμνων.
ἀνθ᾽ ὧν βροτουργὲ παντάναξ κοσμεργάτα,
εὐθυμίαν πάρεσχε καὶ σωτηρίαν,
τοὺς υἱοὺς εὐλόγησον σωτὴρ τοὺς τούτου
καὶ τὰ διαβήματα εὔθυνον αὖθις
τῶν παίδων τούτου καὶ τῆς μητρὸς ὡσαύτως,
ὅπως παραμένουσι τῷδε τῷ βίῳ
ἐκ πάσης νόσου καὶ λύπης ἄτερ,
καὶ πληροῦν προστάγματα τῶν ἐντολῶν σου
τύχωσιν αὖθις τὴν Ἐδὲμ κατοικίαν.
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Patron-related epigram
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Subject(s) Georgios Mougdoufes (13th c.) - PLP: VIII.19415
Tag(s)
Comment Obvious mistakes in grammar are not corrected (cf. v. 16: indicative παραμένουσι). Note that v. 17 counts only ten syllables.
Bibliography

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Number of verses 19
Occurrence(s) [18378] πᾶσι μὲν τοῖς βλέπουσι πρὸ(ς) φθαρτὰ φύλλα [1297]
CAMBRIDGE - University Library - Dd. IX. 69 [1297] (f. 293r-293v)
(19 verses)
Acknowledgements
Contributor(s)
Floris Bernard

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Identification Vassis ICB 2005, 602: "Librarii subscr."
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