Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5042
(formerly typ/3097)

	Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα
	καὶ οἱ θαλαττεύοντες εὑρεῖν λιμένα,
	οὕτως καὶ οἱ γράφοντες ἰδεῖν βιβλίου τέλος.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Symeon Papadopoulos (1351-1400) - RGK: III.588 - VGH: 409.D - PLP: IX.21775 (hieromonachos)
Metre(s)	Mixture
Tag(s)	Completion of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, G. Muccio 1896, Index codicum graecorum bibliothecae Angelicae, Studi Italiani di Filologia Classica (SIFC), 4, 33-184: 113
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[20945] Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίροντες \| ἰδεῖν π(ατ)ρίδα [15th c.] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana G 12 sup. [15th c.] (f. 232v) (3 verses) [21761] ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσ(ιν) ἰδεῖν π(ατ)ρίδα [1389] ROME - Biblioteca Angelica gr. 60 (B.5.8) [1389] (f. 128v) (3 verses)
Related type(s)	[5255] ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουνται ἰδεῖν πατρίδα (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Nina Sietis The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 905: "Librarii nota"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.