Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 37506

Ἔρρει δὲ ἡ χείρ, ἡ γραφὴ δὲ προσμένει.

Text source	J. Sinaites, Greek New Finds Majuscle 2 (posted on: 2022-07-13).
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
Translation(s)	the hand has collapsed, but the writing endures Language English Source(s) J. Sinaites, Greek New Finds Majuscle 2 (posted on: 2022-07-13).
Bibliography	Primary P. Nikolopoulos, 1998, Τὰ νέα εὑρήματα τοῦ Σινᾶ, Athens: 141
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[37509] ἔρρη δὲ ἣ χεὶρ. ἣ γραφὴ \| δὲ προσμένει [9th c.] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - ΝΕ gr. ΜΓ 2 [9th c.] (f. 58r) (1 verse)
Related type(s)	[2387] Ἔγραψα χειρί, σήπεται, γραφὴ μένει (1 verse) (Variant (other wordings)) [1898] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράφουσα σήπεται τάφῳ (2 verses) (Variant (other wordings)) [1974] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφῳ (2 verses) (Variant (other wordings)) [4155] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφῳ (2 verses) (Variant (other wordings)) [2830] Ἡ χεῖρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σέσηπται τάφῳ (2 verses) (Variant (other wordings)) [4397] Ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφῳ (2 verses) (Variant (other wordings)) [2887] Ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα τὴν δέλτον ταύτην (3 verses) (Variant (other wordings)) [5752] Ἡ χεῖρ μέν ἡ γράψασα τὴν δέλτον ταύτην (3 verses) (Variant (other wordings)) [2795] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα τήνδε τὴν βίβλον (3 verses) (Variant (other wordings)) display 6 more types (9 in total) hide 6 types (9 in total)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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