Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2488
(formerly typ/567)

	Ἀρχῆς καλῆς κάλλιστον εἶναι καὶ τέλος,
	ὀρθῶς δοκοῦσιν οἱ ὅροι τῶν πραγμάτων.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Completion of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined R. Devreesse, 1937, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 330-603 (vol. 2), Vatican City: 310 S. Germanos 1920, Κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς παρὰ τὰς Σέρρας ἱερᾶς καί σταυροπηγιακῆς μονῆς Ἰωάννου τοῦ Προδρόμου, Ὁ Νέος Ποιμήν, 2, 338-353: 350 J. Migne, 1862, Patrologiae cursus completus. Series graeca (vol. 37), Paris: 916-927 H. Stevenson, 1888, Codices manuscripti graeci Reginae Svecorum et Pii PP. II Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Rome: 61
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[18886] Ἀρχῆς καλλῆς κάλλιστον εἶναι καὶ τέλος [1276-1300] SERRES - Mone tou Prodromou 22 [1276-1300] (f. 350v) (4 verses) [18124] Ἀρχῆς καλῆς, κάλλιστον εἶναι καὶ τέλος [982] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 75 [982] (f. 101r) (1 verse) [18054] Ἀρχῆς καλλῆς κάλλιστον εἶναι καὶ τέλος [13th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 491 [13th c.] (f. 201r) (2 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 81: "Greg. Nazianzenus*, Distichae sententiae"
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