Text source |
DBBE
(based on occurrence
ἄρξου χῆρ μου ἀγαθεὶ)
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Text status |
Text completely known |
Editorial status |
Not a critical text |
Genre(s) |
Scribe-related epigram
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Metre(s) |
Heptasyllable
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Tag(s) |
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Translation(s) |
Begin, good hand of mine,
write beautiful letters,
so you are not beaten and hurt,
and later feel regret.
- Language
- English
- Translator(s)
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Maria Tomadaki - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Lev Shadrin - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: , Floris Bernard - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ:
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Comment |
This epigram appears predominantly in late-/post-Byzantine manuscripts, where it often functions as a probatio pennae with multiple iterations and comprises from one to four verses. A number of occurrences feature a variant reading for verse 4: 'καὶ εἰς τὸν φόρον ἐντραπῇς ] τὸ φῶρον'. |
Bibliography |
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Number of verses |
4 |
Occurrence(s) |
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Acknowledgements |
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Identification |
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Permalink |
https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5030 |