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Type 3008
(formerly typ/1110)

	Οἶδα μὲν οἶδα σφαλμάτων πολλῶν γέμον
	ὃ χερσὶν αὐτὸς πυξίον ἐγεγράφειν,
	ἀλλ᾽ ἐστέ μοι μέτριοι· καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἔχω
	τὴν τεχνικὴν σύμμαχον ὀρθογραφίαν,
	πατρὶ δὲ πεισθεὶς Μαξίμῳ θείῳ θύτῃ,
	τῷ πρὸς χλόην ἄγοντι τὴν ζωηφόρον
	θρέμματα Χριστοῦ, πληθὺν ἀνθρώπων λέγω,
	τὴν χεῖρα τείνω, κἂν κινεῖσθαι μὴ σθένῃ.
	Νέμοιτέ μοι δέ, τῷ γραφεῖ Θεοκτίστῳ,
	λύσιν ἀπείρων ψυχικῶν ἐγκλημἀτων
	καὶ βασιλείας οὐρανῶν κληρουχίαν.

Text source	H. Omont, 1891, Fac-Similés des manuscrits grecs datés de la Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris: 9-10
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Theoktistos (12th c.) - RGK: II.177 - VGH: 143.C
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Maximos (1101-1150) - RGK: II.40, II.177 (abbas of the Prodromos Monastery of Petra < Konstantinoupolis < Turkey, hegoumenos of the Prodromos Monastery of Petra < Konstantinoupolis < Turkey) Theoktistos (12th c.) - RGK: II.177 - VGH: 143.C
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Colophon Completion of the book Dedication Entreaty for first person Prayer Self-presentation
Comment	Text of Omont (1891: 9-10) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary B. De Montfaucon, 1708, Palaeographia graeca sive de ortu et progressu literarum graecarum, Paris: 58-59, 304-305 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: 197 E. Gamillscheg 1987, Fragen zur Lokalisierung der Handschriften der Gruppe 2400, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik (JÖB), 37, 313-321: 318 H. Hunger, O. Kresten 1980, Archaisierende Minuskel und Hodegonstil im 14. Jahrhundert, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik (JÖB), 29, 187-236: 211 E. Kakoulidi 1968, Ἡ βιβλιοθήκη τῆς Μονῆς Προδρόμου-Πέτρας στὴν Κωνσταντινούπολη, Hellenica, 21, 3-39: 19 K. Lake, S. Lake, 1936, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200. Manuscripts in Paris, part II, Oxford, Berlin, Vienna and Jerusalem (vol. 5), Boston: 11 display 3 more references (6 in total) hide 3 references (6 in total)
Number of verses	11
Occurrence(s)	[18718] οἶδα μὲν οἶδα σφαλμάτων πολλῶν γέ\|μον [1127] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1570 [09/06/1127] (f. 213r) (11 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, 512: "Theoctistus mon., Subscr."
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