Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5003
(formerly typ/3055)

Ἀρχὴν διδόντι καὶ τέλος δόξα λόγῳ.

Text source	A. Tovar, 1963, Catalogus codicum Graecorum Universitatis Salamantinae. Collectio Universitatis antiqua (vol. 1), Salamanca: 44
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Doxology Prayer
Critical Notes	1 δόξα λόγῳ ] δοξαλόγῳ Gaul (2007: 332)
Bibliography	Primary N. Gaul 2007, The Twitching Shroud. Collective Construction of Paideia in the Circle of Thomas Magistros, Segno e Testo, 5, 263-340: 332
Number of verses	1
Occurrence(s)	[25846] ἀρχὴν διδόντι (καὶ) τέλος δόξα λόγω [14th c.] FLORENCE - Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana (BML) - Conv. Soppr. 8 [1326-1375] (f. 254v) (1 verse) [21739] Ἀρχὴν διδόντι καὶ τέλος δόξα λόγω [1426-1500] SALAMANCA - Biblioteca Universitaria 229 (1-2-10) [1426-1500] (f. 80v) (1 verse)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 80: "Librarii invocatio"
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