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Type 3007
(formerly typ/1109)

	Τέλος εἴληφεν πυκτὴ ἡ τοῦ Μαρτίου
	διὰ χειρός τε ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἀναξίου
	Νείλωνος μονάζοντος καὶ ἱερέως·
	παρακαλῶ δὲ πάντας πατέρας ἀδελφούς τε
	ὅταν μέλλετε ταύτην εἰληφέναι τὴν δέλτον,
	μνείαν ποιῆτε τῆς ἐμῆς εὐτελείας,
	ὅπως ὁ Θεὸς καὶ πρύτανις τῶν ὅλων
	ἄφεσιν δωρήσῃται τῶν ἐπταισμένων.

Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Neilos II (12th c.) - VGH: 328.B (abbas of the Monastery of Saint Mary < Grottaferrata < Lazio < Italy)
Tag(s)	Colophon Completion of the book Entreaty (asked to readers) Introduction to the subject Prayer
Comment	Bernard (2018: 35-36): 'The verses are non-prosodic dodecasyllables. All their endings are paroxytonic, and all of them have a clear caesura after fifth or seventh syllable. But the number of syllables is unstable. Most verses have 12 syllables, but verses 4 and 5 have 14. This becomes understandable if we suppose that Neilos devised his verses on the basis of verse halves, that is, kola of 5 or 7 syllables.'
Bibliography	Primary F. Bernard 2018, Rhythm in the Byzantine Dodecasyllable: Practices and Perceptions, in A. Rhoby, N. Zagklas (eds.), Middle and Late Byzantine Poetry. Texts and Contexts, Turnhout, 13-40: 35-36 A. Rocchi, 1883, Codices cryptenses seu Abbatiae Cryptae Ferratae in Tusculano digesti et illustrati, Tusculani: 302-303 Secondary 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: 193 K. Lake, S. Lake, 1939, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200. Manuscripts in in Florence, Athens, Grottaferrata and the Meteora (vol. 10), Boston: 16
Number of verses	8
Occurrence(s)	[18717] τέλος ἤλειφεν ποικτὴ ἡ τοῦ \| μαρτίου [1113] GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Δ. α. VII [1113] (f. 138v-139r) (8 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Raf Praet, Delphine Nachtergaele, Lev Shadrin 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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