Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4013
(formerly typ/2105)

	Βίβλος μὲν εἰμὶ μουσικῶν μελισμάτων
	ἐκ πλείστων συλλεγεῖσα καὶ συντεθεῖσα
	χειρὶ δεξιᾷ καὶ γνώμῃ φιλαρέτῳ,
	τοῖς σὺν φόβῳ ψάλλουσι καὶ γλιχομένοις,
	ἄπλετον εὑρεῖν λύσιν ἀμπλακημάτων.
	Ἢν γοῦν καὶ τὸν γραφέα ζητεῖς, ὦ φίλος·
	Ἰωσὴφ οὗτος μοναχός τε καὶ θύτης
	ἐν Ματράχοις γράψας με καὶ ὀργανώσας
	ἔτους τρέχοντος τῇ ἕκτῃ χιλιάδι
	ὀκτάκις ἑκατόν, σὺν δεκαπλῇ ὀκτάδι
	καὶ τέσσαρα συνάμα δε, Θεῷ χάρις.

Text source	G. Stathis, 1993, Ἅγιον Ὄρος (vol. 3), Athens: 221
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Hymnography Music
Tag(s)	Colophon Completion of the book Date Self-presentation Spiritual value of the book
Critical Notes	φιλαρέτῳ (3): Φιλαρέτου Lampros (1895: 309) .
Comment	Text source Stathis (1993: 221) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary K. Demoen 2012, La poésie de la συλλογή. Les paratextes métriques des manuscrits byzantins et le (vocabulaire du) recueil, in C. Gastgeber, C. Messis, D. Muresan, F. Ronconi (eds.), Pour l'amour de Byzance. Hommage à Paolo Odorico, Frankfurt am Main, 89-98: 93 S. Lampros, 1895, Κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων (vol. 1), Cambridge: 309
Number of verses	11
Occurrence(s)	[20058] Βίβλος μὲν εἰμὶ μουσικῶν μελησμάτων [1376] ATHOS - Mone Koutloumousiou 307 [1376] (f. 322r) (11 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Renaat Meesters, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 105: "Librarii subscr."
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Last modified: 2023-11-20.