Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2887
(formerly typ/1005)

	Ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα τὴν δέλτον ταύτην
	σήπεται· περικαλύπτει ταύτην λίθος·
	γραφὴ δὲ μένει εἱς χρόνους πληρεστάτους.

Text source	C. Van de Vorst, H. Delehaye, 1913, Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum graecorum Germaniae, Belgii, Angliae, Brussels: 70
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 Death
Critical Notes	2 περικαλύπτει ] γῆ καλύπτει Bick Garitte
Bibliography	Primary J. Bick, 1920, Die Schreiber der Wiener griechischen Handschriften, Vienna: 34 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 2000, Χορηγοί-κτήτορες-δωρητές σε σημειώματα κωδίκων. Παλαιολόγειοι χρόνοι, Athens: 218, 226 G. Garitte 1962, Sur une formule des colophons de manuscrits grecs, in Collectanea vaticana in honorem Anselmi M. Card. Albareda a Bibliotheca Apostolica edita, Vatican City, 359-390: 374 L. Radermacher 1920, Politische Verse, Byzantinisch-neugriechische Jahrbücher, 1, 348-352: 348
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[18611] ἡ γὰρ χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα τὴνδε πυκτίδα [September 1331] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghia 44 [01/09/1331-28/02/1335] (f. 311v) (3 verses) [36572] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν γράψασα τὴν δέλτον ταύτην [10/08/1319] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 61 [10/08/1319] (f. 117r) (3 verses) [18598] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα τὴν δέλτον ταύτην [10/08/1319] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 63 [10/08/1319] (f. 134v) (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, 325: "Librarii nota"
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