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Type 2602
(formerly typ/703)

	Ἡ βίβλος ἥδε Γαβριὴλ μονοτρόπου,
	ἣν καὶ ἀνατίθησι τῇ σεβασμίᾳ
	μονῇ Μαγγάνων μάρτυρος Γεωργίου
	εἰς ἄφεσιν μὲν τῶν πρὶν ἡμαρτημένων·
	τοῦ γοῦν ἀφαιρήσαντος ἐκ ταύτης κρύφα
	πυξίδα τήνδε ἐκ μονῆς τῶν Μαγγάνων,
	ἀρᾶς φρικώδεις λήψεται τῶν ἁγίων
	σὺν ταῖσδε τοῦ μάρτυρος, οὗ μέγα κλέος.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Possession Theft of the book
Bibliography	Primary G. de Andrés Martínez, 1967, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial. Códices 421-649 (vol. 3), Madrid: 183 P. de Lagarde, 1882, Iohannis Euchaitorum metropolitae quae in codice Vaticano graeco 676 supersunt, Göttingen: VII B. Fonkič, F. Poljakov, 1993, Grečeskie rukopisi Moskovskoj Sinodal’noj Biblioteki. Paleografičeskie, kodikologičeskie I bibliografičeskie dopolnenijak katalogu Archimandrita Vladimira (Filantropova), Moscow: 106-107 T. Gaisford, 1812, Catalogus sive notitia manusciptorum qui a cel. E.D. Clarke compariti in Bibliotheca Bodleiana adversantur (vol. 1), Oxford: 67 S. Mercati 1970, Un testament inédit en faveur de Saint-Georges des Manganes, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 2), Bari, 54-65: 58 E. Miller, 1848, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque de l'Escurial, Paris: 479 display 3 more references (6 in total) hide 3 references (6 in total) Secondary Archimandrite Vladimir, 1894, Sistematičeskoe opisanie rukopisej Moskovskoj Sinodal’noj (Patriarsej) Biblioteki. Rukopisi grečeskija (vol. 1), Moscow: 426 P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1899, Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Brussels: 19
Number of verses	8
Occurrence(s)	[19138] ἡ βίβλος ἥδε Γαβριὴλ μονοτρόπου [13th c.] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Ω.III.8 [13th c.] (f. 2r) (8 verses) [18777] ἡ βίβλος ἥδε Γαβριὴλ μονοτρόπου [14th c.] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 210 (Vlad. 311) [14th c.] (f. 2r) (8 verses) [30119] ἡ βίβλος ἥδε γαβριηλ μονοτρόπου [14th-15th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Clarke 37 [11th c.] (f. 1r) (8 verses) [21396] ἡ βίβλο(ς) ἥδε γαβριὴλ μονοτρόπου [14th c.] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Clarke 37 [11th c.] (f. 9r) (8 verses) [18151] ἡ βίβλο(ς) ἥδε γαβριὴλ μονοτρόπου [14th-15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 676 [11th c.] (f. 1r) (8 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Lev Shadrin The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 293: "Nota donatoris libri"
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