| Text source |
DBBE
(based on occurrence
ἄρξου χῆρ μου ἀγαθεὶ)
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| Text status |
Text completely known |
| Editorial status |
Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) |
Scribe-related epigram
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| Metre(s) |
Heptasyllable
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| Tag(s) |
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| Translation(s) |
Translation by Maria Tomadaki, Lev Shadrin and Floris Bernard:
Begin, good hand of mine,
write beautiful letters,
so you are not beaten and hurt,
and later feel regret.
- Language
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English
- Source(s)
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DBBE (last accessed: 2026-08-11).
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| Comment |
This epigram appears predominantly in late-/post-Byzantine manuscripts, where it often functions as a probatio pennae with multiple iterations and comprises from one to four verses. A number of occurrences feature a variant reading for verse 4: 'καὶ εἰς τὸν φόρον ἐντραπῇς ] τὸ φῶρον'. |
| Bibliography |
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| Number of verses |
4 |
| Occurrence(s) |
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| Acknowledgements |
The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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| Identification |
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| Permalink |
http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5030 |
