Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2218
(formerly typ/271)

	Λέξεις βίβλου κρατιστῆς εἰσορᾷς πανολβίου
	ἄνακτος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ μακαρτάτου,
	τέτρωρον οὖσαν εὐάγγελον καλουμένην,
	ἀνδρῶν μεγίστων εὐκλεεστάτους λόγους·
	Ματθαίου καὶ Ἰωάννου σοφοῦ μάλα,
	Μάρκου τε σεμνοῦ καὶ Λουκᾶ λόγους κλητοῦς.
	Χαίροις, ὁ κτήτωρ τῆς βίβλου σὺν δ' αὖ Θεὸς λόγος,
	ἄπαντα πιστῶν πρὸς τὸ ζῆν δωρήσεται,
	τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν εἰς τοῦς αἰώνων χρόνους·
	ἀφθάρτων πάντων καὶ παραδείσου τρυφῆς ἀξιωθῶμεν.

Title(s)	Librarii subscriptio
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) John (evangelist, saint) (1st c.) Luke (evangelist, saint) (1st c.) Mark (evangelist, saint) (1st c.) Matthew (evangelist, saint) (1st c.)
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Prayer Reference to content of the book Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Primary M. James, 1902, The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge. A Descriptive Catalogue (vol. 3), Cambridge: 69
Number of verses	10
Occurrence(s)	[17648] λέξεις βίβλου κρατιστῆς εἰσορᾶς πανολβίου [1460] CAMBRIDGE - Trinity College - O 1.66 [1460] (f. 196r) (10 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Nina Vanhoutte, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.