| Text source |
I. Hutter, 1982, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Oxford Bodleian Library III. Textband (vol. 3.1), Stuttgart: 171
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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) |
As the foreigners rejoice in seeing their own country
and those who are in peril in finding a harbour,
so also the scribes in finding the end of a book.
- Language
- English
- Source(s)
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F. Valerio 2022, A Short History of the Greek Colophon from the Beginnings to Modern Times, Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin, 8(1), 19-72: 61
- Comment
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Translation of the occurrence in manuscript Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria 2372.
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| Comment |
The last verse counts 14 instead of the expected 12 syllables. |
| Bibliography |
Primary
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A. Turyn, 1972, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Italy. Text (vol. 1), Urbana: 116
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A. Turyn, 1980, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Great Britain, Washington: 38
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F. Valerio 2022, A Short History of the Greek Colophon from the Beginnings to Modern Times, Comparative Oriental Manuscript Studies Bulletin, 8(1), 19-72: 61
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| Number of verses |
3 |
| Occurrence(s) |
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| Related type(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 |
Vassis ICB 2005, 905: "Librarii nota"
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| Permalink |
https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5040 |
