Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2848
(formerly typ/946)

	Τέλος εἴληφεν ἡ θεόπνευστος βίβλος·
	τέλος σῶσον με, Χριστέ, τὸν γεγραφότα,
	Μιχαὴλ τοὔνομα Ἀργυρὸν δ᾽ ἐπίκλην.

Text source	F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 115
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Michael Arguros (13th c.) - RGK: III.455 - VGH: 310.A - PLP: I.1291
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Entreaty for first person Prayer Self-presentation
Comment	Text of Euangelatou-Notara (1984: 115) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary H. Stevenson, 1888, Codices manuscripti graeci Reginae Svecorum et Pii PP. II Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Rome: 25 A. Turyn, 1964, Codices graeci vaticani saeculis XIII et XIV scripti annorumque notis instructi, Vatican City: 67
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[18526] τέλος εἴληφεν ἡ θεόπνευστο(ς) βίβλο(ς) [1282] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 31 [1282] (f. 126r) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 720: "Librarii subscr."
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