Type 2908
(formerly typ/1007)

Ἰδοῦ τὸ τέρμα εἴληφεν ὁ Μαννασῆς ἀρτίως
οὗτος γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ὀνομαστῷ, ὡς ἐκ μετ᾽ ὀνυμίας,
τοῦ ἄνωθεν πονήσαντος τὴν τοιάνδε πυξίδα,
ὅς ἤρξατο μὲν ἀπαρχῆς, ἐκ τῆς κοσμοποιΐας,
καὶ τέλος συνεπέρανεν ἅχρη τοῦ Βοτανεῖτου,
ἅπαντας τοίνυν διελθῶν ἐν συντομίᾳ ἔπους
ἐκάστω παρεισέφερε, τὴν πρᾶξιν καὶ τὸν τρόπον,
ἥτινες ἦρξαν ἀπαρχῆς καὶ ποῦ τὴν λῆξιν εὕρων,
οἱ εὐσεβεῖς, οἱ ἀσεβεῖς, οἱ βεβασιλευκότες,
στυλογραφῆ δ᾽ αὗ πρότερον Γιγάντων καὶ Γηπαίδων
τῶν ἀπ᾽ αἰῶνος πρότερον ὀνομαστῶν ἀνθρώπων,
ὧν τὴν πρᾶξιν ὑπέφηνεν ἡ τοῦ Μωσέως βίβλος·
τὸ δὲ παρὸν πυξίδιον πεπόνηται προδήλως
ἐν ἔτει παριππεύοντες τῷ εἰκοστῷ ὀγδόῳ
αὖθις ἑξακισχίλια πρὸς τοῖς ὀκτακοσίοις
τρίτον δὲ φέρον ἴνδικτον ὁ περιθέων χρόνος,
χειρὶ γραφῆς καὶ πονηθείς τινὸς ἰεροθύτου
τοῦ συνονύμου χάριτος καὶ Μαγουλᾶς τὴν κλῆσιν,
ἥν ἐκ πατρόθεν κέκληται καὶ φέρει ἐκ προγόνων
τὸ δὲ βιβλίον ἀληθῶς ἀλλῷ προσεκληρόθη,
Μάρκῳ τινὶ ἀβροτήμονι, ἀδαεῖ ῥακενδύτῃ,
Χριστῷ τῷ τελειῶσαντι δόξα κράτος καὶ αἶνος.
Text source DBBE
Text status Text completely known
Editorial status Not a critical text
Genre(s) Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)
Poet
Ioannes Magoulas (14th c.) - PLP: VII.16095
Metre(s) Decapentasyllable
Subject(s)
Tag(s)
Critical Notes 10 γηπαίδων ] γηπάδων ms., γηπαίδων conj. Turyn (1972: 134).
Comment On the metre in verse 21 see Turyn (1972: 135): 'the first half of the political verse up to the caesura was read in 8 syllables, i.e., some prosodical device was used in the hiatus τινεῖ ἀβροτίμονι. Possibly the word τινεῖ (i.e. τινὶ) was read 'tinj' before the following vowel'.
Bibliography
Number of verses 22
Occurrence(s) [18600] ἰδοῦ τὸ τέρμα εἴληφεν ὁ Μαννασῆς ἀρτίως [1319]
NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. III B 22 [1319-1332] (f. 122r)
(22 verses)
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