Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3286
(formerly typ/1428)

	Ἕκητι Θεοῦ καὶ πόνῳ Γεωργίου,
	ἡ βίβλος αὕτη τέρμ᾽ ἔλαβε ῥᾳδίως.

Text source	I. Pérez Martín 2011, The Escorial Akathistos: the Last Manuscript Illuminated in Constantinople, Italia medioevale e umanistica, 52, 227-262: 256
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 Self-presentation
Translation(s)	By the will of God and with the effort of George this book was easily finished. Language English Source(s) I. Pérez Martín 2011, The Escorial Akathistos: the Last Manuscript Illuminated in Constantinople, Italia medioevale e umanistica, 52, 227-262: 256 Por designio divino y con el esfuerzo de Jorge este libro llegó fácilmente al final. Language Spanish Source(s) RBME Digital (last accessed: 2026-03-31). https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/15106
Bibliography	Primary E. Miller, 1848, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque de l'Escurial, Paris: 17 A. Revilla, 1936, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial (vol. 1), Madrid: 68
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[19133] Ἕκητι θεοῦ καὶ πόνῳ γεωργίου [1426-1450] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca R.I.19 [1426-1450] (f. 75r -- (alt.) f. 77r) (2 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, 207: "Librarii subscr."
Permalink	http://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/3286

Last modified: 2025-11-12.