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Occurrence 21497
(formerly occ/5321)

	εἰ μὲν χεὶ(..) \| ἡ γράψασα μέλλει σίπτεσθ(...) \| τάφω·
	γραφὴ δὰ μενῖ (?) εἰς \| χρόνους πληρεστάτους:+

Type(s)	[1974] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφῳ (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1282
Manuscript	SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 50 [1282]
Place in Manuscript	f. 263r
Person(s)	Scribe Ioannes Drosinos (13th c.)
Contextual information	The epigram occurs at the end of a larger prose colophon containing information about the scribe, the date, and the location (f. 262v-263r).
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Comment	The first verse presents a slight variation to the popular epigram with the addition of μέλλει, and thus consists of 14 syllables.
Image source(s)	https://www.loc.gov/resource/amedmonastery.00271077555-ms/?sp=266
Bibliography	Primary B. Atsalos 1991, Die Formel Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα… in den Griechischen handschriften, in G. Cavallo, G. De Gregorio, M. Maniaci (eds.), Scritture, libri e testi nelle aree provinciali di Bisanzio. Atti del Seminario di Erice (18-25 settembre 1988) (vol. 2), Spoleto, 691-750: 707 K. Treu 1970, Weitere Handschriften mit der Schreiberformel «Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα...», Scriptorium, 24, 56-64: 61
Number of verses	2
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Renaat Meesters Transcriber(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande, Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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