Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5113
(formerly typ/3171)

	Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσι πατρίδα φθάσαι
	καὶ οἱ θαλαττεύοντες εὑρεῖν λιμένα·
	οὕτως καὶ οἱ γράφοντες, βιβλίου τέλος.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Completion of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined P. Canart, 1970, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1745-1962. Codicum enarrationes (vol. 7.1), Vatican City: 54 A. Turyn, 1964, Codices graeci vaticani saeculis XIII et XIV scripti annorumque notis instructi, Vatican City: 85
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[17846] ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν πατρίδα φθάσαι [1294] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1755 [1294] (f. 317v) (3 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 905: "Librarii nota"
Permalink	http://dev.dbbe.ugent.be/types/5113

Last modified: 2026-01-19.