Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5113
(formerly typ/3171)

	Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν πατρίδα φθάσαι
	καὶ οἱ θαλαττεύοντες εὑρεῖν λιμένα,
	οὕτως καὶ οἱ γράφοντες βιβλίου τέλος.

Text source	A. Turyn, 1964, Codices graeci vaticani saeculis XIII et XIV scripti annorumque notis instructi, Vatican City: 85
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Completion of the book
Translation(s)	As the foreigners rejoice in returning to their own country, and the seafarers in finding a harbour, so also the scribes (in finding) the end of a book. Language English Source(s) 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	Text of Turyn (1964: 85) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary P. Canart, 1970, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1745-1962. Codicum enarrationes (vol. 7.1), Vatican City: 54 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
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[17846] ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν πατρίδα φθάσαι [07/01/1294] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1755 [07/01/1294] (f. 317v) (3 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 2005, 905: "Librarii nota"
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