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Type 2246
(formerly typ/299)

	ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σήψεται τάφῳ:
	χρόνους δὲ μακροὺς ἡ βίβλος παραμένει

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined 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: 195, 225 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 102, 123 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 2000, Χορηγοί-κτήτορες-δωρητές σε σημειώματα κωδίκων. Παλαιολόγειοι χρόνοι, Athens: 185 G. Garitte 1962, Sur une formule des colophons de manuscrits grecs, in Collectanea vaticana in honorem Anselmi M. Card. Albareda a Bibliotheca Apostolica edita, Vatican City, 359-390: 374 H. Stevenson, 1885, Codices manuscripti Palatini Graeci, Rome: 146 A. Turyn, 1980, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Great Britain, Washington: 39 display 3 more references (6 in total) hide 3 references (6 in total)
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[21479] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σίψεται τάφῳ: [1428] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Theologikê Scholê 87 [1428] ((gen.) at the end of the colophon) (2 verses) [18346] ἡ γὰρ χεῖρ ἡ γράψασα σήπετε τάφω [1285] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. T. 3.6 [1285] (f. 202r) (1 verse) [19981] ἡ γὰρ χεὶρ η γράψασα τῆν βίβλον ταύτην σίπ(ε)ται τάφῳ [1285] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. T. 3.6 [1285] (f. 202r) (1 verse) [19982] ἡ γὰρ χεὶρ η γράψασα τῆν βίβλον τάυτην σίπεται τάφω [1285] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Auct. T. 3.6 [1285] (f. 202r) (1 verse) [21491] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σὺν τῶ καλάμω [12th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 505 [12th c.] (f. 456v) (2 verses) [21495] Εἰ μὲν χειρ ι γράψασα σύπεται τάφῳ [15th c.] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1684 [15th c.] (f. 139v) (2 verses) [17682] ἡ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σίψε\|ται τάφω [01/05/1476] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 265 [01/05/1476] (f. 134v) (2 verses) [21535] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τύμβῳ [1443] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 274 (coll. 625) [1443] (f. 205r) (2 verses) display 5 more occurrences (8 in total) hide 5 occurrences (8 in total)
Related type(s)	[2387] Ἔγραψα χειρὶ. σήπεται. γραφὴ μένει (1 verse) (Variant (other wordings))
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 325: "Librarii nota"
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