Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3859
(formerly typ/1961)

	Χάριν παράσχου Χριστὲ τῷ κεκτημένῳ
	τῷ δὲ γράψαντι λύσιν ἀμπλακημάτων

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Tag(s)	Prayer
Translation(s)	Grant grace, O Christ, to the possessor [of this book]; to the writer give redemption of his errors. Language English Source(s) A. Marava-Chatzinikolaou, C. Toufexi-Paschou, 1997, Catalogue of the Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece. Homilies of the Church Fathers and Menologia 9th-12th Century (vol. 3), Athens: 135
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined A. Marava-Chatzinikolaou, C. Toufexi-Paschou, 1997, Catalogue of the Illuminated Byzantine Manuscripts of the National Library of Greece. Homilies of the Church Fathers and Menologia 9th-12th Century (vol. 3), Athens: 135
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[16967] Χάριν παράσχου Χ(ριστ)έ τῶ κεκτημέ(νω)˙ [11th c.] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 268 [11th c.] (f. 328r) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Lotte van Olmen The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 855: "Librarii precatio"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.