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Type 1898
(formerly typ/328)

	ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράφουσα σήπεται τάφῳ·
	γραφὴ δὲ μένει εἰς αἰῶνας ἀπεράντους

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Bibliography	Secondary J. Boeten, S. De Groot 2019, The Byzantine Antiquarian: a Case Study of a Compiled Colophon, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 112, 31-46: Bibliography category to be determined F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1982, Σημειώματα ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων ὡς πηγὴ διὰ τὴν ἔρευναν τοῦ οἰκονομικοῦ καὶ κοινωνικοῦ βίου τοῦ Βυζαντίου ἀπὸ τοῦ 9ου αἰῶνος μέχρι τοῦ ἔτους 1204, Athens: 150 F. Euangelatou-Notara 1983, Ἕλληνες γραφεῖς τοῦ 13ου αἰῶνα: Προσθῆκες καὶ διορθώσεις στὸ Εὑρετήριο τῶν Vogel-Gardthausen, Δίπτυχα Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν καὶ Μεταβυζαντινῶν Μελετῶν, 3, 184-239: 235 B. Fonkič, F. Poljakov, 1993, Grečeskie rukopisi Moskovskoj Sinodal’noj Biblioteki. Paleografičeskie, kodikologičeskie I bibliografičeskie dopolnenijak katalogu Archimandrita Vladimira (Filantropova), Moscow: 116 C. Giannelli, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1485-1683 (vol. 5), Vatican City: 365, 372 Z. Melissakis 2003, Οἱ παλίμψηστοι κώδικες τῆς Ἐθνικῆς Βιβλιοθήκης τῆς Ἑλλάδος. Προκαταρκτικὰ συμπεράσματα μιᾶς ἔρευνας, Βυζαντινά Σύμμεικτα, 16, 159-216: 182 G. Mercati, P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1923, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1-329 (vol. 1), Rome: 63 E. Mioni, 1992, Catalogus codicum Graecorum Bibliothecae Nationalis Neapolitanae (vol. 1.1), Rome: 38 N. Phirippidis 1938, Κατάλογος τῶν κωδίκων τῆς βιβλιοθήκης τοῦ Πατριαρχείου Ἀλεξανδρείας, Ἐκκλησιαστικὸς Φάρος, 37, 225-240, 355-375, 445-464: 339 P. Schreiner, 1988, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 867-932 (vol. 4), Vatican City: 141, 147 A. Turyn, 1980, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Great Britain, Washington: 15 display 7 more references (10 in total) hide 7 references (10 in total)
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[18749] Ἠ χεὶρ μὲν γράψασα σήπεται τάφω [1195] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 223 [1195] (f. 287r-287v) (2 verses) [24024] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράφουσα, σήπετ(αι) \|τάφω [13th-14th c.] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 271 [13th-14th c.] (f. 321v) (2 verses) [18778] Εἰ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σύπεται τάφω [1399] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 416 (Vlad. 351) [1399] (f. 350v) (2 verses) [21487] ἡ χεὶρ μ(ὲν) ἡ γράψασα, σήπεται τάφῳ [1492] NAPLES - Biblioteca Nazionale - gr. II C 33 [1476-1500] (f. 518r -- (gen.) at the beginning of the note) (7 verses) [21493] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράφουσα σήπεται τάφω [1325] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1040 [1325] (f. 205v) (2 verses) [17714] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράφουσα σήπεται τάφω [14th-15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 67 [14th-15th c.] (f. 256r) (2 verses) [17840] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα, σήπετ(αι) τάφω [1362] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 918 [1362] (f. 158r) (2 verses) [17841] χεὶρ μ(ὲν) ἡ γράψασα, σίπεται τάφῳ [1340] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 920 [1340] (f. 221v) (2 verses) display 5 more occurrences (8 in total) hide 5 occurrences (8 in total)
Related type(s)	[4345] Θείου νοητοῦ ἄνθρακας πυρὸς φέρω (29 verses) [2394] Ἄναρχε Θεὲ· τὸ τρισόλβιον βίος (8 verses) [2150] Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα (3 verses) [2148] Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα (2 verses)
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