| 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, Lev Shadrin, Floris Bernard
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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'.
The epigram also occurs in:
- the 18th-century manuscript Sofia, Cărkovno-istoričeski i archiven institut 860 (on the inner face of the upper cover, three times on f. 69r, on f. 69v and three times on f. 70v) (Getov 2014: 196);
- the 16th/17th-century manuscript Sofia, Cărkovno-istoričeski i archiven institut 881 (on f. 20v and f. 80v) (Getov 2014: 247);
- the 16th-century manuscript Sofia, Cărkovno-istoričeski i archiven institut 321 (p.7), where it is written down by a later hand (Getov 2017: 79).. |
| Bibliography |
Primary
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D. Getov, 2014, A catalogue of the Greek manuscripts at the Ecclesiastical Historical and Archival Institute of the Patriarchate of Bulgaria. Bačkovo Monastery (vol. 1), Turnhout: 196, 247
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E. Granstrem 1961, Каталог греческих рукописей ленинградских хранилищ. Вып. 2: Рукописи X в., Византийский временник, 18, 254-274: 268
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S. Kadas, 2000, Τὰ σημειώματα τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς Ἱερᾱς Μεγίστης Μονῆς Βατοπαιδίου, Mount Athos: 12
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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 |
