Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2171
(formerly typ/219)

	Ἐνταῦθα τέρμα τῆς καλῆς χειρουργίας
	καλὸν γὰρ ἔργον χειρός ἐστι τὸ γράφειν.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Beauty of the book Completion of the book
Translation(s)	This is the end of a beautiful creation. The writing is a fine work of the hand. Language English Source(s) A. Marava-Chatzinikolaou, C. Toufexi-Paschou, 1978, Catalogue of the Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece. Manuscripts of the New Testament Texts 10th-12th Century (vol. 1), Athens: 189
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined A. Marava-Chatzinikolaou, C. Toufexi-Paschou, 1978, Catalogue of the Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece. Manuscripts of the New Testament Texts 10th-12th Century (vol. 1), Athens: I. Sakkelion, A. Sakkelion, 1892, Κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς Ἐθνικῆς Βιβλιοθήκης τῆς Ἑλλάδος, Athens:
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[17592] Ἐνταῦθα τέρμα \| τῆς καλῆς χει\|ρουργίας [12th c.] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 163 [12th c.] (f. 327v) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Lotte van Olmen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 235: "Librarii nota in fine laboris"
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