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Type 2721
(formerly typ/828)

	Πόθῳ τέτευχα ἱερὰν ταύτην βίβλον·
	εὕρυθμον, εὐσύνοπτον, ὡς ψάλλειν θέμις,
	ὑπὸ χειρὸς μὲν ἀνδρανοῦς Δημητρίου,
	ἀναγνώστου καὶ ἐλαχίστου.

Text source	DBBE (based on occurrence Πόθω τέτευχα· ἱεράν ταύτην βίβλον·)
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Comment	The last verse is metrically faulty.
Bibliography	Primary F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1982, Σημειώματα ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων ὡς πηγὴ διὰ τὴν ἔρευναν τοῦ οἰκονομικοῦ καὶ κοινωνικοῦ βίου τοῦ Βυζαντίου ἀπὸ τοῦ 9ου αἰῶνος μέχρι τοῦ ἔτους 1204, Athens: 136 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 58 S. Eustratiades 1917, Ἁγιορειτικῶν κωδίκων σημειώματα, Γρηγόριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς, 1, 49-771: 381 S. Eustratiades, Spyridon Lauriotes, 1925, Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts in the Library of the Laura on Mount Athos, Cambridge: 67 I. Hutter, 1982, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Oxford Bodleian Library III. Textband (vol. 3.1), Stuttgart: 157 K. Lake, S. Lake, 1935, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200. Manuscripts in the Monasteries of Mount Athos and in Milan (vol. 3), Boston: 9 A. Turyn, 1980, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Great Britain, Washington: 15 display 4 more references (7 in total) hide 4 references (7 in total)
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[18701] πόθω τέτευχα ἱερὰν ταύτην\| βίβλον [30/08/984] ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Δ 70 (Eustratiades 446) [30/08/984] (f. 229r) (3 verses) [31117] Πόθω τέτευχα ἱερὰν ταύ\|την βίβλον [1181] ATHOS - Mone Xenophontos 1 [1181] (f. 102v) (4 verses) [18366] Πόθω τέτευχα· ἱεράν ταύτην βίβλον· [1253] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Clarke 8 [1253] (f. 196r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Delphine Nachtergaele, Dimitrios Skrekas, Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 628: "Librarii subscr."
Permalink	http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/2721

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