Type 36284
| Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα τήνδε τὴν βίβλον | |
| σαπήσεται, φεῦ, καὶ γενήσεται κόνις, | |
| τάφῳ προσεγγίσει τε σωματοφθόρῳ. | |
| Ὑμεῖς δὲ ἅπαντες, οἱ τοῦ Χριστοῦ μερίδος, | |
| εὔχεσθε πρὸς Κύριον εὑρεῖν σφαλμάτων λύσιν· | |
| ναὶ δυσωπῶ μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ, ἀδελφοὶ καὶ πατέρες, | |
| δέξασθαί μου δέησιν οἰκτράν, ὦ θίασος ἁγία· | |
| Ἰωάννης κέκλημαι, φεῦ μοι καὶ τοῦτο μέγα· | |
| κέκλημαι δὲ καὶ ἱερεύς, τῇ κλήσει οὐ τῇ χρίσει. |
| Text source | F. Valerio 2022, A Short History of the Greek Colophon from the Beginnings to Modern Times, Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin, 8(1), 19-72: 60 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Critical text |
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The hand that wrote this book, alas, will rot and become dust and will reach the tomb, destroyer of corpses. But you all, followers of Christ, pray the Lord that I may obtain the remission of sins. Yea, I pray in tears, brethren and fathers, that you, holy confraternity, may accept my piteous request. My name is John and, alas, even this is too much for me, but I am also called priest, by name, not by ordination. |
| Comment | Three dodecasyllables are followed by six irregular decapentasyllables. Text of Valerio (2022: 60) modified by DBBE. |
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| Number of verses | 9 |
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[21494] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα τήνδε τὴν βίβλον
[14th c.]
PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1553 [14th c.] (f. 301r) (9 verses) |
| Related type(s) | [1974] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφῳ (2 verses) (Variant (other wordings)) |
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The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 309: "Librarii subscr." |
| Permalink | https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/36284 |
Last modified: 2025-02-17.
