Type 6977
(formerly typ/4884)
| Τῷ συντελεστῇ τῶν καλῶν Θεῷ χάρις· | |
| Θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον καὶ πόνος Γεωργίου | |
| τοὐπίκλην Καρυκᾶ· ἐγράφη ἡ βίβλος | |
| αὕτη διὰ χειρὸς ἑμοῦ τοῦ χωρικοῦ | |
| γραφέως Γεωργίου Καρυκᾶ τοῦ Ἀργυροῦ | |
| ἐν ἔτει τρέχοντος, χιλιάδας ἓξ [...] | |
| ὀκτὼ καὶ ἐπιφέροντα ἑκατοντάδας | |
| δεκάδαν μίαν, πρὸ τῆς τετάρτης | |
| ἴνδικτον καὶ ἄγοντος δ᾽ [...] | |
| Τὸν ἀναγινώσκοντα σὺν π[ροθυμίᾳ / ολλῷ πόθῳ], | |
| τὸν δακτύλοις γράψαντα, τὸν κεκτημένον, | |
| φύλαττε τοὺς τρεῖς, ὦ Τριάς, τρισολβίως. |
| 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: 2 |
| Text status | Text partially unknown |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Tag(s) | |
| Translation(s) |
Grace to God, the bestower of all good things. (This is) a gift from God and the labour of Georgios, also called Karykas; this book here was written by the hand of me, the humble scribe Georgios Karykas of Argyros in the present year, six thousand (…) eight hundred and ten, before the fourth indiction and during (…). The one reading this with (eagerness / much yearning), the one who wrote it with his fingers, and the owner— guard these three, O Trinity, in threefold bliss.
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| Comment | The colophon combines three well-known types of book epigrams with probably unmetrical passages. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 12 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[17584] τῶ συντελεστῆ τῶν καλῶν | θ(ε)ῶ χάρις
[1306]
ANKARA - Türk Tarih Kurumu 1 [1305] (f. 296v) (12 verses) |
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The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete. |
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| Permalink | http://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6977 |
Last modified: 2026-06-12.
