Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4356
(formerly typ/2450)

	Πέρας εἴληφεν ἡ παροῦσα βίβλος·
	ἐντὸς τοῦ παναγίου καὶ ζοωδόχου
	τοῦ δεσποτικοῦ Τάφου·
	παρὰ τλήμονός τινος, ῥακενδοθύτου·
	ἐπὶ ἔτους ,ςϠκς' (1417-1418): ἰν(δικτιῶν)ος, ια:
	τῶ συντελεστῆ τῶν καλῶν, Θεῶ \| χάρις.
	Χριστὲ δίδου, τοῖς ἐμοῖς πόνοις χάριν

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Entreaty for first person Prayer
Comment	This poem is a mishmash of several faulty verses and several known scribal epigrams.
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined K. Treu 1966, Griechische Schreibernotizen als Quelle für politische, soziale und kulturelle Verhältnisse ihrer Zeit, Byzantinobulgarica, 2, 127-143: 141
Number of verses	7
Occurrence(s)	[20671] Πέρας εἴληφεν ἡ παροῦσα βίβλος [1418] JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagiou Saba 239 [1418] (f. 394v) (7 verses)
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Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.