Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5118
(formerly typ/3175)

	Χεῖρες Κατραρίοιο βίβλον τήνδ’ ἐξέπλησαν
	οὐρανίης ποθέοντος ἐπιστήμης ἀγλαὸν κράτος·
	ὃς μόνος οὐδὲ παρ’ ἄλλου τήνδε μαθὼν ἤσκησεν
	καὶ καιροὺς ἐσκέψατο καὶ ὕστατον ἔγνωκεν τέλος.

Text source	A. Turyn, 1964, Codices graeci vaticani saeculis XIII et XIV scripti annorumque notis instructi, Vatican City: 124
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Subject(s)	Ioannes Katrares (1301-1350) - RGK: III.279 - VGH: 174.A - PLP: V.11544 - PBE: - PBW: - PMBZ:
Tag(s)	Colophon Completion of the book
Bibliography	Primary G. Mercati, P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1923, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1-329 (vol. 1), Rome: 202
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[21839] χεῖρες κατραρίοιο βίβλον τήνδ' ἐξέπλησαν [1321] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 175 [1321] (f. 158v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 857: "Ioann. Catrares, Subscr. (Vat. 175/158v)"
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Last modified: 2020-01-20.