Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5879
(formerly typ/3903)

	-Πυκτίς, τίνος σύ; -γνῶθι Πραξαποστόλου·
	-κτήτωρ δέ; -Νικόδημος ἐν μονοτρόποις·
	-γραφεύς; -ὁ αὐτὸς ἔξοχος καλλιγράφος·
	-τὰ πάντα καινά, θαύματος παντὸς πέρα.

Text source	S. Eustratiades 1917, Ἁγιορειτικῶν κωδίκων σημειώματα, Γρηγόριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς, 1, 49-771: 423
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Colophon Completion of the book Possession Reference to content of the book Self-presentation
Translation(s)	- Which book are you? - Know the Praxapostolos. - Who is the possessor? - Nikodemos the monk. - Who is the scribe? - Himself, excellent copyist. - Everything is made new, beyond every wonder. Language English Source(s) DBBE (last accessed: 2026-08-14). Translator(s) Rachele Ricceri
Bibliography	Primary N. Bees, 1967, Τὰ χειρόγραφα των Μετεώρων : κατάλογος περιγραφικός των χειρογράφων κωδίκων των αποκειμένων εις τας μονὰς των Μετεώρων (vol. 1), Athens: 539
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24987] Πυκτὶς, τίνος σύ· γνῶθι πραξαποστόλου [15th c.] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Ω 16 (Eustratiades 1826) [15th c.] (f. 127v) (4 verses) [23756] πυκτὶς, τίνος σύ· γνῶθι πραξαποστόλου [14th c.] METEORA - Mone Metamorphoseos 543 [14th c.] (f. 112v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 654: "Librarii subscr."
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