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 κύως (?) τε καὶ 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: 2026-08-01.