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Type 4155
(formerly typ/2250)

	Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφῳ
	ἡ δ' ἅπασα γραφῆ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μένει ·

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Death
Comment	Cf. Lesb. Leimonos 142 (anno 1501): ... καὶ εὔχεσθαι με διατὸν (sic) κύριον· ὅτι πᾶς ὁ γράφων, παραγράφη· ἡ δὲ θεία γραφή εἰς αἰῶνας μένει. (Atsalos 1988: 695 n. 17). Garitte (1964: 265): "Ce sont les copistes de l'Italie méridionale qui ont introduit, au Xe siècle au plus tard, l'usage de cette formule dans les colophons grecs; la formule est d'origine copte; on en trouve des parallèles dans des mss et des inscriptions coptes, ainsi que dans des mss arabes et syriaques.".
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined B. Atsalos 1991, Die Formel Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα… in den Griechischen handschriften, in G. Cavallo, G. De Gregorio, M. Maniaci (eds.), Scritture, libri e testi nelle aree provinciali di Bisanzio. Atti del Seminario di Erice (18-25 settembre 1988) (vol. 2), Spoleto, 691-750: 691-750 E. Gamillscheg 1993, Subskriptionen griechischer Handschriften als historische Quelle, in F. Berger (ed.), Symbolae Berolinenses für Dieter Harlfinger, Amsterdam, 293-306: 296 G. Garitte 1964, Ergänzung eines Beispieles, Le Muséon, 77, 265: 265
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[21474] χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφω [14th c.] ALEXANDRIA - Bibliotheke tou Patriarcheiou 106 [14th c.] (f. 174r) (2 verses) [17178] ἡ μὲν χεῖρ ἡ Γράψασα σείπταιτέ τάφο [11th-12th c.] ATHENS - Ethnike Bibliotheke tes Hellados 2487 [11th-12th c.] (f. 279v) (2 verses) [20291] Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφῳ [13th c.] ATHOS - Mone Batopediou 190 [13th c.] (f. 330v) (2 verses) [21483] χειρ μ(εν) ἡ γράψασ(α) σέπεται τάφω [1408] METEORA - Mone Metamorphoseos 84 [1408] (f. 113r) (4 verses) [21485] ἡ χεῖρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σίποιτε τάφω [1116] MOSCOW - Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej (GIM) - Sinod. gr. 485 (Vlad. 8) [1116] (f. 33v) (2 verses) [21492] Εἰ μὲν χεῖρ ἡ γρά(φ)ουσα σύμπτετ(αι) τάφω [1315] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 770 [1315] (f. 268r) (2 verses) [21503] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα σήπετ(αι) τάφω [1415] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 52 [1415] (f. 212v) (2 verses) [21506] χείρ μεν η γραψασα σιπεται ταφω [1056] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 2082 [1056] (f. 167r) (1 verse) display 5 more occurrences (8 in total) hide 5 occurrences (8 in total)
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