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Type 2950
(formerly typ/1052)

	Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα
	καὶ οἱ θαλαττεύοντες εὑρεῖν λιμένα
	οἱ νοσοῦντες δὲ τυχεῖν ὑγείας
	οὕτω καὶ οἱ γράφοντες βιβλίου τέλος

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
Bibliography	Secondary J. Boeten, M. Janse 2018, A Cognitive Analysis of Metrical Irregularities in the Ὧσπερ ξένοι Book Epigrams, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 42(1), 79-91: Bibliography category to be determined F. Euangelatou-Notara, 2000, Χορηγοί-κτήτορες-δωρητές σε σημειώματα κωδίκων. Παλαιολόγειοι χρόνοι, Athens: 257 E. Gamillscheg 1993, Subskriptionen griechischer Handschriften als historische Quelle, in F. Berger (ed.), Symbolae Berolinenses für Dieter Harlfinger, Amsterdam, 293-306: 296 I. Sakkelion, A. Sakkelion, 1892, Κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς Ἐθνικῆς Βιβλιοθήκης τῆς Ἑλλάδος, Athens: 33 B. Stefanides 1905, Οἱ κώδικες τῆς Ἁδριανουπόλεως, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 14, 588-610: 603
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[18480] ὀσπέρ ξενῆ χεῥόντε ηδοῖν πατρὶδα [13th-15th c.] ATHENS - Panepistemion, Spoudasterion Buzantines kai Neoellenikes Philologias 18 [12th c.] (f. 1v) (3 verses) [18674] Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα [1401] ATHOS - Mone Koutloumousiou 246 [29/07/1401] () (4 verses) [24449] ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίροντες ἰδειν π(ατ)ρίδα [14th-15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Reg. gr. 147 [1301-1325] (f. 130v) (4 verses) [22170] Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα [14th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 321 (coll. 894) [14th c.] (f. 62r) (3 verses) [22195] Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίροντ(ες) ἰδεῖν π[ατ]ρίδα [14th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - jur. gr. 3 [14th c.] (f. 186v) (3 verses) [22173] ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδ(εῖν) π(ατ)ρίδα [15th c.] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 303 [14th-15th c.] (f. 277r) (3 verses) display 3 more occurrences (6 in total) hide 3 occurrences (6 in total)
Related type(s)	[5255] ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουνται ἰδεῖν πατρίδα (3 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 905: "Librarii nota"
Permalink	http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/2950

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