Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2337
(formerly typ/401)

	Τέλος εἴληφε τοῦ Χριστοῦ μου ἡ βίβλος
	διὰ μοναχοῦ Γερασίμου ἀχρείου,
	ὃς ἀμυθήτων ἀμπλακημάτων λύσιν
	λαβεῖν αἰτεῖται ἐκ Θεοῦ φιλανθρώπου·
	λοιπὸν οἱ ἐγκύπτοντες θερμῶς εἰς ταύτην
	εὔχεσθε αὐτὸν, δυσωπῶ ἐκ καρδίας,
	ὡς ἂν δι᾽ ὑμῶν καὶ τεύξοι σωτηρίας
	καὶ τῆς μερίδος τῶν σωζομένων τύχοι.

Text source	R. Devreesse, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 604-866 (vol. 3), Vatican City: 64
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Gerasimos (13th c.) - RGK: III.87 - VGH: 67.C - PLP: II.3731 (monachos) Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Colophon Completion of the book Entreaty for first person Prayer Self-presentation
Comment	Text of Devreesse (1950: 64) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 131-132 A. Turyn, 1964, Codices graeci vaticani saeculis XIII et XIV scripti annorumque notis instructi, Vatican City: 70
Number of verses	8
Occurrence(s)	[17790] τέλος εἴληφε τοῦ χ(ριστο)ῦ μου ἡ βίβλος [1286] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 641 [1286] (f. 466v) (8 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 720: "Librarii subscr."
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.