Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4235
(formerly typ/2330)

	Εἰ μὲν φίλος πέφυκας εἴσελθε χαίρων.
	Εἰ δ' ἐχθρὸς καὶ βάσκανος καὶ δόλου γέμων
	πόρρω ἄπελθε τῆς δε τῆς βίβλου.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	(Spiritual) advice to the reader Address to the reader
Translation(s)	If you are a friend, come in with joy. But if you are hostile and malicious and full of tricks, go far away from this book. Language English Source(s) S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 11-12
Comment	This poem apparently figured as a real epigram before being used as a metrical paratext in a manuscript. The fact that in some occurrences, the third verse keeps the word 'πύλη' instead of 'βίβλος' supports this argument.
Bibliography	Primary S. De Groot 2021, Readers' Perspectives on Early Christian Texts. Book Epigrams in the Byzantine Manuscripts of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Gent: 11-12
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[26275] ὁ μὲν φίλος πέφικας ἤσελθε χέρον [14th-15th c.] ATHOS - Mone Koutloumousiou 284 [14th c.] (f. 295r) (3 verses) [20458] Εἰ μὲν φίλος πέφυκας εἴσελθε χαίρων [1303] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Γ 99 (Eustratiades 339) [1303] ((gen.) beginning of ms.) (3 verses) [25456] εἰ μὲν φίλος πέφηκας, εἴσελθε χαίρων [1476-1500] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Κ 190 (Eustratiades 1477) [1479] (f. 174v) (3 verses) [33804] Πύλῃ προσελθὼν πτωχὸς ἵστατο κράζων [16th c.] METEORA - Mone Metamorphoseos 306 [16th c.] (f. 89v) (6 verses) [21710] εἰ μὲν φίλος πέφυκας εἴσελθε χαίρων [12th-15th c.] PRINCETON - University Library 112 [12th c.] (f. IIv) (2 verses) [23028] εἰ μὲν φείλος πέφικας εἴσελθε (...) [12th-15th c.] SOFIA - Centar I Dujcev D. gr. 359 [12th c.] (f. Iv) (1 verse) [33687] Εἰ μὲν φίλος πέφυκας, εἴσελθε χαίρων [11th-12th c.] SOFIA - Narodna Biblioteka "Sv. sv. Kiril i Metodij" (NBKM) - gr. 8 [11th-12th c.] (f. 25r) (? verses) [27108] η μεν φηλος πέφηκ(ας), ῆσελθ(ε) χερον [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 169 [13th c.] (f. 100v) (3 verses) [20694] ὑ (...) φ(...)λος πέφηκας ὐσελθε χέρον [14th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1908 [14th c.] (f. 118v) (3 verses) [22690] ει μὲν φήλος πέ(...)κεν εισελθῶν χαιρον [06/06/1491] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 116 [01/09/1390-31/08/1391] (f. 289r) (3 verses) display 7 more occurrences (10 in total) hide 7 occurrences (10 in total)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 187: "Inscriptio in portam ecclesiae"
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