Type 34498
| Ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφῳ. | |
| Θάλασσαν καὶ γῆν τὴν ἅπασαν εἰ δράμῃς, | |
| τάφος, ἄνθρωπε, τὸ σῶμα σου καλύψει. | |
| Γυμνὸς ἐπέβην ἐν γῇ, γυμνὸς δ’ ὑπὸ γαῖαν ἄπειμι· | |
| καὶ τί μάτην μοχθῶ, γυμνὸν ὁρῶν τὸ τέλος; | |
| Ὁ κόσμος σκηνή, ὁ βίος πάροδος· ἦλθες, εἶδες, ἀπῆλθες. |
| Title(s) | Nota librarii |
| Text source | J. Boeten, S. De Groot 2019, The Byzantine Antiquarian: a Case Study of a Compiled Colophon, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 112(1), 31-46: 33-35 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Scribe-related epigram |
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The hand that has written this rots in a grave. Even if you’d run over the sea and the entire earth, A grave, human, will cover your body. I came on earth naked, naked I will go under the earth. And why should I toil in vain, if I see the naked end? The world is a stage, life is a performance: you came, you saw, you departed. |
| Comment | vv. 1-3: dodecasyllables, vv. 4-5: elegiac, vv. 6-7: prose |
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| Number of verses | 6 |
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[21487] ἡ χεὶρ μ(ὲν) ἡ γράψασα, σήπεται τάφῳ
[1492]
NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II C 33 [1476-1500] (f. 518r) (6 verses) |
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The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
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| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/34498 |
Last modified: 2023-01-05.
