Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

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Type 2646
(formerly typ/748)

	Ὥσπερ τοῖς πλέουσιν ἡδὺς ὁ λιμὴν οὕτως
	καὶ τοῖς γράφουσιν τὸ τέλος τοῦ βιβλίου.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Completion of the book
Critical Notes	v. 2 γράφουσιν ] γράφωσιν Kominis (1988:74)
Translation(s)	Voor zij die varen, is het zoet de haven te bereiken. Voor zij die schrijven, het einde van het boek. Language Dutch Source(s) DBBE (last accessed: 2026-08-11). Like the harbour is sweet to those who sail, so is the end of the book to those who write. Language English Source(s) DBBE (last accessed: 2026-08-11).
Comment	The first verse counts thirteen syllables, instead of twelve.
Bibliography	Primary A. Kominis, 1988, Πατμιακὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι νέος κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων κωδίκων τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Θεολόγου, Athens: 74 Secondary P. Eleuteri 1980, Altri manoscritti con i versi Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα˙ ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσι...e simili, Codices manuscripti (& impressi), 6, 81-88: 83-84 K. Treu 1977, Der Schreiber am Ziel, in K. Treu (ed.), Studia Codicologica, Berlin, 473-492: 473-492
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[18238] Ὥσπερ τοῖς πλέουσιν ἡδὺς ὁ λιμὴν οὕτως [876-925] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 29 [876-925] (f. 399r) (2 verses)
Related type(s)	[2163] Ἡδὺς ὁ λιμὴν τοῖς πλέουσι τυγχάνει· (3 verses) [2965] Ὡς ἡδὺ τοῖς πλέουσιν εὔδιος λιμήν (2 verses) [3418] Ὣσπερ λιμὴν πλέουσι, καὶ πατρὶς ξένοις (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Ilse De Vos, Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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