Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 4476
(formerly typ/2579)

	Ἐτελειώθη τὸ παρὸν βιβλίον
	τοῦ ψαλτηρίου διὰ χειρὸς Ἀνδρέου
	ἁμαρτωλοῦ τῆς πόλεως Βρενδησίου.

Title(s)	Librarii subscriptio
Text source	H. Omont 1884, Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum, Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes, 45, 314-350: 334
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Andreas of Brindision < Apulia < Southern Italy < Italy (13th c.) - RGK: I.17 - VGH: 16.F Psalter
Tag(s)	Colophon Completion of the book Reference to content of the book Self-presentation
Comment	The first verse has eleven in stead of the expected twelve syllables.
Bibliography	Primary A. Turyn, 1980, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Great Britain, Washington: 31
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[20931] ἐτελειώθ(η) τὸ παρὸν βιβλίον [08/05/1284] LONDON - British Library - Harley 5535 [May 1284] (f. 221v) (3 verses)
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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Last modified: 2026-01-19.