Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2942
(formerly typ/1068)

	Ἡδὺ καὶ μάλα τὸ πλῆρες ἔργον πέλει
	πρόθυμον ἐπέραστον ὄντως ὡς ἔδει.
	Τοῦτο νῦν κἀγὼ Δανιὴλ ἐκπεράνας,
	ὑπακοὴν φίλην μὲν ἁπάντων, φίλε
	Ἰωάννη κύ[δ]ιστε τῶν φίλων μᾶλλον.
	Τέλος δέδωκα τῇ γραφῇ τῇδε ἔτει
	ἓξ χιλιοστῷ τετρακοστῷ καὶ πάλιν
	ἑβδομηκοστῷ καὶ πρώτῳ τῶν αἰώνων.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Chrysostom (saint)
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Praise of the author
Bibliography	Primary F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1982, Σημειώματα ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων ὡς πηγὴ διὰ τὴν ἔρευναν τοῦ οἰκονομικοῦ καὶ κοινωνικοῦ βίου τοῦ Βυζαντίου ἀπὸ τοῦ 9ου αἰῶνος μέχρι τοῦ ἔτους 1204, Athens: 132 K. Lake, S. Lake, 1938, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200. Manuscripts in Rome, part III, in Messina, in Naples, and in London (vol. 9), Boston: 4 A. Mancini, 1907, Codices graeci monasterii Messanensis S. Salvatoris, Messina: 195 S. Rossi 1904, Catalogo dei codici greci dell'antico Monastero del SS. Salvatore che si conservano nella Biblioteca Universitaria di Messina, Archivio storico messinese, 5(1-2), 127-149: 141
Number of verses	9
Occurrence(s)	[18696] Ἡδὺ καὶ μάλα τὸ πληρες ἔρ\|γον πέλει [01/09/962-31/08/963] MESSINA - Biblioteca Universitaria - S. Salv. 133 [01/09/962-31/08/963] (f. 197r) (8 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 300: "Librarii subscr.:"
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Last modified: 2026-08-31.