Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3083
(formerly typ/1198)

	Ὡς ἡδὺς ὁ ἄρτος τοῖς πεινῶσιν,
	καὶ τοῖς πλέουσιν ὁ εὔδιος λιμήν,
	οὕτω τοῖς γράφουσιν ὁ ὕστατος στίχος.

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: 73
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Colophon Completion of the book
Translation(s)	As bread is pleasant to those who hunger, and the calm harbor to those who sail, so is the last line to those who write. Language English Source(s) 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: 73
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined 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: 127
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[18867] ὡς ηδὺς ὁ ἄρτος τοῖς πεινῶ\|σιν [927] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Timiou Staurou 55 [927] (f. 156r) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Lotte van Olmen, Ilse De Vos The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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