Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5034
(formerly typ/3088)

	Εἴληφε τέρμα τριακοντόπους κλίμαξ
	καὶ χεὶρ μὲν ἡ γράψασα σήπεται τάφῳ,
	γραφὴ δὲ μένει πᾶσα εἰς χρόνους πληρέστατους.

Text source	E. Granstrem 1964, Каталог греческих рукописей ленинградских хранилищ. Вып. 5.: Рукописи XIII в., Византийский временник, 24, 166-197: 166
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Heavenly Ladder John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Reference to content of the book
Comment	Text of Granstrem (1964: 166) modified by DBBE. Vassis (2005: 389) only has the last two verses; there's no separate entry for the first verse.
Bibliography	Primary K. Treu 1970, Weitere Handschriften mit der Schreiberformel «Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα...», Scriptorium, 24, 56-64: 60
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[21749] Εἴληφε τέρμα τριακοντόπους κλίμαξ [12th-13th c.] SAINT PETERSBURG - Rossijskaja Nacional'naja biblioteka (RNB) - Ф. № 906 (Gr.) Gr. 102 (Granstrem 427) [12th c.] (f. 345v) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Sarah-Helena Van den Brande The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 389: "Librarii subscr."
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