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Type 2594
(formerly typ/692)

	Ὦ πολυστένακτε τοῦ βίου χρόνε
	πολυφρόντιστε μοναστῶν καὶ μιγάδων
	πλάνε τῶν νέων καὶ λύπη γεραλέων
	πάντας εἰσάγεις μετὰ λύπην εἰς Ἅδην.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Monastic conversion
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined N. Bees, 1967, Τὰ χειρόγραφα των Μετεώρων : κατάλογος περιγραφικός των χειρογράφων κωδίκων των αποκειμένων εις τας μονὰς των Μετεώρων (vol. 1), Athens: 697 A. Cataldi Palau, 1996, Catalogo dei manoscritti greci della Biblioteca Franzoniana (Genova) (Urbani 21-40), Rome: 171 H. Hunger, C. Hannick, W. Lackner, 1992, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Theologici 201-337 (vol. 3.3), Vienna: 253 H. Stevenson, 1888, Codices manuscripti graeci Reginae Svecorum et Pii PP. II Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Rome: 3-4 O. Volk 1955, Die byzantinischen Klosterbibliotheken von Konstantinopel, Thessalonike und Kleinasien, Munich: 58
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[25194] ὦ πολειστένακτε τοῦ βίου χρόνε [11th-15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 4 [10th c.] (f. 1v) (4 verses) [18147] ὦ πώλοιστένακτε τοῦ βί\|ου χρὦναι [11th-15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 4 [10th c.] (f. Ir) (4 verses)
Related type(s)	[2612] ὦ πάμπολυ στέκαντε τοῦ βίου χρόνε, (17 verses) (Variant (other wordings))
Acknowledgements	Information on the type courtesy of Nina Sietis. Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 891: "De vita monastica"
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