| Text source |
K. Giannikou 2026, Formulaic Language in Byzantine Book Epigrams: A Typology Grounded in Ritually-Charged Pragmatic Functions, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS)(66.1), 1-41: 39
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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) |
Dodecasyllable
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| Tag(s) |
Completion of the book
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| Translation(s) |
The divine end of the New Octoechos;
the gift of God and the labour of Theoktistos.
And even this, though motionless, expect it to be fleeting.
- Language
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English
- Source(s)
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K. Giannikou 2026, Formulaic Language in Byzantine Book Epigrams: A Typology Grounded in Ritually-Charged Pragmatic Functions, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS)(66.1), 1-41: 39
- Translator(s)
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Kyriaki Giannikou
- Comment
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For the purposes of the paper, this translation is as literal as possible.
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| Bibliography |
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| Number of verses |
3 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[21752] Τῆς ὠκτοήχου της νέας θεῖον τέλος.
[1381]
SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Nacional'naja biblioteka (RNB) - Ф. № 906 (Gr.) Gr. 547 (Granstrem 541) [1381]
(f. 328v)
(2 verses)
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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 |
http://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5036 |
