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Type 3759
(formerly typ/1848)

	Ἡ βίβλος ἥδε τῆς μονῆς τοῦ Προδρόμου,
	τῆς κειμένης ἔγγιστα τοῦ Μικροῦ Ἄθω·
	ὁ γοῦν συλήσας μὴ γραφῇ ζώντων βίβλῳ.

Title(s)	Possessionis libri nota
Text source	S. Kadas, 1996, Τά σημειώματα τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς Μονῆς Διονυσίου, Athos: 6
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Damage of the book Possession
Comment	Text of Kadas (1996: 6) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary S. Pelekanidis, 1973, Οἱ θησαυροὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Ὄρους. Σειρὰ Α' Εἰκονογραφημένα χειρόγραφα. Παραστάσεις-ἐπίτιτλα-ἀρχικὰ γράμματα. Πρωτᾶτον, Μ. Διονυσίου, Μ. Κουτλουμουσίου, Μ. Ξηροποτάμου, Μ. Γρηγορίου (vol. 1), Athens: 406
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[19667] ἡ βίβλος εἶδε τῆς μονῆς τοῦ προδρόμου [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Dionysiou 32 [13th c.] (f. 173v) (3 verses)
Related type(s)	[1968] Ἡ βίβλος αὕτη τῆς μονῆς τοῦ Προδρόμου (3 verses) (Variant (other wordings)) [3861] Ἡ βίβλος ἥδε μονῆς τῆς τοῦ Προδρόμου. (1 verse) (Variant (other wordings)) [4311] Ἡ βίβλος αὕτη τῆς μονῆς τοῦ τιμίου Προδρόμου (1 verse) (Variant (other wordings))
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.
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