Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4015
(formerly typ/2107)

	Ἐπληρώθη σὺν Θεῷ τὸ μηνολόγιον.
	Χριστέ, προηγοῦ τῶν ἐμῶν πονημάτων,
	Θεοδώρου ταπεινοῦ τοῦ Ῥαιδεστίνου,
	τοῦ ταύτης χθονὸς ξένου.

Text source	K. Giannikou 2026, Formulaic Language in Byzantine Book Epigrams: A Typology Grounded in Ritually-Charged Pragmatic Functions, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS)(66.1), 1-41: 21
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 Prayer
Translation(s)	With the help of God, the Menologion was completed. Christ, guide the labours of mine, of Theodoros, the humble one from Rhaidestos, a stranger to this earth. Language English Source(s) K. Giannikou 2026, Formulaic Language in Byzantine Book Epigrams: A Typology Grounded in Ritually-Charged Pragmatic Functions, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS)(66.1), 1-41: 21 Translator(s) Kyriaki Giannikou Comment For the purposes of the paper, this translation is as literal as possible.
Comment	Note the unmetrical last verse which resembles only a last seven syllable half of a verse.
Bibliography
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[20062] Ἐπληρώθη σὺν Θεῷ τὸ Μηνολόγιον [14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Koutloumousiou 458 [14th c.] (f. 126v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Kyriaki Giannikou The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification
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Last modified: 2026-06-12.