Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4904
(formerly typ/2959)

	Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφῳ,
	οἱ δὲ λόγοι μένουσιν εἰς αἰῶνας ἀπεράντους.

Text source	G. Garitte 1962, Sur une formule des colophons de manuscrits grecs, in Collectanea vaticana in honorem Anselmi M. Card. Albareda a Bibliotheca Apostolica edita, Vatican City, 359-390: 368
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 Death
Bibliography	Primary H. Omont 1892, Les manuscrits grecs datés des XVe et XVIe siècles de la Bibliothèque nationale et des autres bibliothèques de France, Revue des bibliothèques, 2, 1-32 145-215: 9
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[21563] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα, σήπεται τάφω [1432] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 96 [1432] (f. 264v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola 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."
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Last modified: 2020-01-13.