Type 30064
| Ἡδὺ μὲν τοῖς ὁδεύουσι τέλος τοῦ δρόμου | |
| ἡδὺ δὲ τοῖς γράφουσι τέλος βιβλίου. |
| Text source | A. McCollum 2015, The Rejoicing Sailor and the Rotting Hand: Two Formulas in Syriac and Arabic Colophons, Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies, 18, 67-93: 76 |
| Text status | Text completely unknown |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Scribe-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Tag(s) | |
| Translation(s) |
Pleasant to those who travel is the end of the course, And pleasant, too, to those who write is the end of a book. |
| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 2 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[21554] Ἡδὺ μὲν τοῖς ὁδεύουσι τέλος τοῦ δρόμου
[1415]
PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 571A [1415] (f. 178v) (9 verses) |
| Related type(s) | [4901] Ἡδὺ μὲν τοῖς ὁδεύουσι τέλος τοῦ δρόμου (9 verses) |
| Acknowledgements |
Creator(s)
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| Identification | |
| Permalink | http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/30064 |
Last modified: 2026-01-19.
