Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5110
(formerly typ/3167)

	Τί προσδοκᾷς, ἄνθρωπε, χοῦς ὢν τοῦ τάφου;
	ἡ γὰρ ἀηδὼν, τὸ γλυκύρημον στόμα
	ἐνταῦθα κεῖται γλῶττα κωλύων τάφος·
	χειμὼν αἲ αἲ τάφος βραχεῖ δ’ ἔαρ βίος,
	ὡς κρίνον ἐξήνθησε τοῦ κρήνη λόγου,
	τάφῳ μένων σάλπιγγαν ἀγγέλων ἔαρ.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Death
Bibliography	Primary T. Martínez Manzano 2010, Los manuscritos griegos de Salamanca: del humanismo italiano al helenismo español, in A. Bravo García, I. Pérez Martín (eds.), The Legacy of Bernard de Montfaucon: Three Hundred Years of Studies on Greek Handwriting. Proceedings of the Seventh International Colloquium of Greek Palaeography (Madrid - Salamanca, 15-20 September 2008) (vol. 1), Turnhout, 545-555: 549 T. Martínez Manzano, 2015, Historia del fondo manuscrito griego de la Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca: 135 A. Tovar, 1963, Catalogus codicum Graecorum Universitatis Salamantinae. Collectio Universitatis antiqua (vol. 1), Salamanca: 66-67
Number of verses	6
Occurrence(s)	[21869] τί προσδοκὰς ἄν(θρωπ)ε χοῦς ὣν τοῦ τάφου [01/09/1422-31/08/1423] SALAMANCA - Biblioteca Universitaria 280 (1-2-23) [01/09/1422-31/08/1423] (f. 164v) (6 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2011, 266: "Librarii nota"
Permalink	https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5110

Last modified: 2025-10-23.