Type 5139
(formerly typ/3197)
| Τὴν βίβλον ἥνπερ εἰς χεῖρας φέρεις, φίλος, | |
| κτῆμα πέφυκεν Ἰωσὴφ ῥακενδύτου. | |
| Μέμνησο, φίλος, ταῖν χεροῖν ὅστις φέρεις | |
| ῥακενδυτοῦντος Ἰωσὴφ μονοτρόπου. |
| 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: 27 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | |
| Person(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Ioseph (13th-14th c.) - PLP: IV.9078 (monotropos, rhakendytes) |
| Tag(s) | |
| Translation(s) |
The book which you hold in your hands, friend, is a possession of Ioseph the rag-clad. Remember, friend, you who hold this in your hands, Ioseph, the monk clad in rags.
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| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 4 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[21907] Τὴν βίβλον· ἥν περ εἰς χεῖρας | φέρεις φίλος
[1276-1325]
EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca R.III.2 [1276-1325] (f. 6r) (4 verses) |
| Acknowledgements |
Contributor(s)
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
| Identification | Vassis ICB 2005, 729: "Ioseph Rhacendytes, Nota possessionis libri" |
| Permalink | http://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5139 |
Last modified: 2026-06-12.
