Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4949
(formerly typ/3008)

	Μέμνησο, σῶτερ, Λέοντος ἀρητῆρος,
	τῷ κτησαμένῳ καὶ ξύσαντι ἐν πόθῳ.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Leon (1001-1050) (areter)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Leon (1001-1050) (areter)
Tag(s)	Colophon Entreaty for first person Possession Prayer Self-presentation
Critical Notes	1 Λέοντος ἀρητῆρος ] Λέοντι ἁμαρτωλῷ Vind. theol. gr. 188
Translation(s)	Remember, O Lord, the priest Leo, zealous scribe and owner. Language English Source(s) A. Marava-Chatzinikolaou, C. Toufexi-Paschou, 1978, Catalogue of the Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece. Manuscripts of the New Testament Texts 10th-12th Century (vol. 1), Athens: 56
Bibliography	Primary H. Hunger, O. Kresten, C. Hannick, 1984, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Theologici 101-200 (vol. 3.2), Vienna: 388 A. Marava-Chatzinikolaou, C. Toufexi-Paschou, 1978, Catalogue of the Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece. Manuscripts of the New Testament Texts 10th-12th Century (vol. 1), Athens: 56
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[17650] μέμνησο σ(ῶτ)ερ λέοντος ἀ\|ρητῆρος [1001-1050] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 74 [1001-1025] (f. 202v) (2 verses) [17245] μεμνησο σ(ωτ)ερ λε\|οντι ἁμαρτωλω [1000] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 188 [1000] (f. 177r) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Information on the type courtesy of Agnès Lorrain. Contributor(s) Lev Shadrin, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, 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, 454: "Librarii subscr."
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