Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2841
(formerly typ/940)

	Ἀρχὴ σύ, Χριστέ, καὶ πάλιν σὺ τέρμα πέλεις‧
	ὁ καταξιώσας με τῆς δέλτου ταύτης
	τὸ τέλος ἰδεῖν, ἀνακογχὴν εὑρᾶσθαι,
	καὶ ἐμὲ τὸν δείλαιον, Χριστέ μου, σώσον‧
	τοὺς σολοικισμούς μου δέ, Χριστέ, συγχώρει
	τοῦ χωρικογράφου τε καὶ ἁμαρτώδους
	Γερασίμου ταπεινοῦ ἀθλίου ίδιώτου.

Text source	F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 94
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Gerasimos (13th c.) - VGH: 67.B - PLP: II.3730 (chorikographos) Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Tag(s)	Colophon Completion of the book Prayer Self-presentation
Bibliography	Primary S. Eustratiades, S. Lauriotes, 1925, Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts in the Library of the Laura on Mount Athos, Cambridge: 396 S. Lampros, 1895, Κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων (vol. 1), Cambridge: 77
Number of verses	7
Occurrence(s)	[18519] Ἀρχ(ὴ) σὺ χριστὲ κ(αὶ) πάλιν σὺ τέρμα πέλεις [1273-1274] ATHOS - Mone Stauroniketa 44 [1273-1274] (f. 222r) (7 verses) [31122] Ἀρχὴ ἀρχ(ὴ) σὺ χ(ριστ)ὲ κ(αὶ) πάλι(ν) \| τέρμα πέλεις [1273-1500] ATHOS - Mone Stauroniketa 44 [1273-1274] (f. 222r) (9 verses) [32930] ἀρχὴ σὺ χ(ριστ)ὲ, \| καὶ πάλιν τέρ\|μα πέλεις [14th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 190 [14th c.] (f. 84v) (1 verse)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 81: "Librarii subscr."
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