Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5120
(formerly typ/3177)

	Ὁ τουτὶ γράψας τὸ τεῦχος σοφωτάτου
	Παύλου τοῦ τρισμάκαρος ἀρρητολόγου,
	Χριστὲ σωτὴρ ὄρρεξον ἀρρωγῆς χεῖρα
	τοῦ γράφειν ὀρθῶς τὰς θεοπνεύστους βίβλους·
	Ἰωάννης πέφυκεν, ὁ Πεπαγωμένος.

Text source	A. Turyn, 1964, Codices graeci vaticani saeculis XIII et XIV scripti annorumque notis instructi, Vatican City: 132
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Ioannes Pepagomenos (14th c.) - RGK: III.290, III.291 - VGH: 185.A - PLP: IX.22363, IX.22364
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Paul (apostle, saint)
Tag(s)	Colophon Reference to content of the book
Bibliography	Primary K. Staab, 1926, Die Pauluskatenen nach den handschriftlichen Quellen untersucht, Rome: 104
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[21876] ὁ τουτὶ γράψας, τὸ τεῦχος σοφωτάτ(ο)υ [1324] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 503 [1324] (f. 265r) (5 verses)
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, 559: "Librarii subscr. (Vat. Barb. 503/265r)"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.