Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2742
(formerly typ/853)

	Γόνυ μὲν ζεύξας καὶ ὑποκλίνας κάραν
	χείρας ἑκτείνας πρὸς τὰς θείας τετράδας
	ἐκπεπλήρωκα τὴν θεόσδοτον δέλτον.

Text source	S. Kadas 1991, Σημειώματα χειρογράφων των μονών του Αγίου Όρους. Μονή Σίμωνος Πέτρας, Βυζαντινά, 16, 263-302: 269
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Completion of the book
Comment	The epigram, with some variations, is also preserved in: - the 16th-century manuscript Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, gr. II E 22 (f. 421v) (cf. Atsalos (1971: 132) and De Falco (1930: 103-104); - the 17th-century manuscript Athos, Skete Hagias Annes, Gero Samouel 1 (cf. Kourilas (1950: 272)); - the 17th-century manuscript Sparta, Mouseio Ekklesiastikes Technes, Mone Hagion Tessarakonta 31 (f. 331v) (cf. Bees (1904: 121); - the 18th-century manuscript Athens, Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 53 (cf. Parassoglou (1979: 20, n. 48).
Bibliography	Primary B. Atsalos, 1971, La terminologie du livre-manuscrit à l'époque byzantine, Thessaloniki: 131-132 N. Bees 1904, Κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων κωδίκων τῆς ἐν Θεράπναις μονῆς τῶν Ἁγίων Τεσσαράκοντα, Ἐπετηρὶς τοῦ Φιλολογικοῦ Συλλόγου Παρνασσός, 8, 93-146: 121 V. De Falco 1930, Dei codici napoletani greci non compresi nel Catalogo del Cirillo, Rivista indo-greco-italica di filologia-lingua-antichita, 101-106: 103-104 E. Kourilas 1950, Κατάλογος Ἁγιορειτικῶν χειρογράφων (Ι´), Θεολογία, 21, 269-291: 272 S. Lampros, 1895, Κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων (vol. 1), Cambridge: 121 G. Parassoglou 1979, Δεξιὰ χεὶρ καὶ γόνυ. Some Thoughts on the Postures of the Ancient Greeks and Romans when Writing on Papyrus Rolls, Scrittura e Civiltà, 3, 5-21: 19-20 A. Turyn, 1980, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Great Britain, Washington: 125 display 4 more references (7 in total) hide 4 references (7 in total)
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[35288] Γόνυ συζεύξας, ὑποκλίνας δὲ κάραν [1498] ATHOS - Mone Koutloumousiou 346 [1498] ((unsure) (gen.) at the end of the manuscript) (3 verses) [18429] Γόνυ μὲν ζεύξας καὶ ὑποκλίνας κάραν [1320] ATHOS - Mone Simonopetras 63 [1320] ((gen.) end of ms.) (3 verses) [18395] γόνυ μὲν ζεύξας καὶ ὑποκλίνας \| κάραν [1358] LONDON - Lambeth Palace Library 1183 [1358] (f. 472r) (3 verses) [20904] γόνυ μ(ὲν) ζεύξας καὶ ὑποκλήνας κάρ(αν) [1462] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana F 34 sup. [1462-1463] (f. 209v) (3 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, 122: "Librarii nota"
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