Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 3925
(formerly typ/2014)

	Τῷ ἔχοντι καὶ γράψαντι, Χριστέ μου, σῶσον
	καὶ τὸν ἀναγινώσκοντα σὺν προθυμίᾳ
	τοὺς τρεῖς σῶσον, ὦ τριὰς τρισολβία.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Entreaty for first person
Comment	The poem refers to a standard book epigram, just as the two preceding poems ("Δόξα σοι, πάτερ, προάναρχε θεέ μου," and "χαίρουσιν πάντες ξένοι καὶ ὁδοιπόροι"). The meter is defective.
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined H. Coxe, 1969, Greek Manuscripts, Oxford: 251 S. Mercati 1970, Di Giovanni Simeonachis protopapa di Candia, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 2), Bari, 24-53: 52
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[19930] τῶ ἔχοντι κ(αὶ) γράψαντι, \| χ(ριστ)έ μου σῶσ(ον) [1451] OXFORD - Bodleian Library - Barocci 146 [1451] (f. 401r) (3 verses) [21657] τῶ \| ἔχοντι καὶ γράψαντι χ(ριστ)έ μου σῶσον [1368] PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 334 [1368] (f. 350v) (1 verse)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Renaat Meesters The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 811: "Librarii subscr."
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