Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3642
(formerly typ/1746)

	Ὡς ἡδὺς τοῖς γαῖαν ἀροῦσι μὲν ὕστατον αὔλαξ,
	ναυσιποροῦσι δὲ κύματα μακρὰ θαλάσσης ὅρμος,
	οὕτως ἐμοὶ τῷ γραμματοεργῷ λοῖσθος ἔπαον.

Text source	K. Treu 1977, Der Schreiber am Ziel, in K. Treu (ed.), Studia Codicologica, Berlin, 473-492: 483
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Tag(s)	Completion of the book
Bibliography	Primary H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 532 I. Hutter, 1982, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften. Oxford Bodleian Library III. Textband (vol. 3.1), Stuttgart: 108
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[19561] Ὡς ἡδὺς τοῖς γαῖαν ἀροῦσι μὲν ὕστατον αὔλαξ [1076-1125] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Laud. gr. 42 [1076-1125] (f. 340r) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) 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, 900: "Librarii subscr."
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