Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5459
(formerly typ/3507)

	Ἡδὺ καὶ χρηστὸν τὸ τέρμα σὺν τῇ μέση
	ἅμα τῆ ἀρχῆ καὶ πάση σημασία
	τοῦ πανυπερλάμψαντος θείου μαξίμου·
	λεχθεῖσα καλῶς τετρὰς ἑκατοντάδος
	κεφαλαιωδῶς ἔχει τὴν ψυχοτρόφον
	πηγάζουσα εὔκλειαν πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις
	θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον καὶ δωροθέου πόνος.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Maximos the Confessor (580 - 13/08/662) - PBE: 5416 - PMBZ: 16096: "Personenkennziffer: 4921/add."
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Reference to content of the book Self-presentation Spiritual value of the book
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined E. Mioni, 1967, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Codices in classes a prima usque ad quintam inclusi. Classis I, classis II, codd. 1-120 (vol. 1.1), Rome: 208
Number of verses	7
Occurrence(s)	[22425] Ἡδὺ καὶ χρηστὸν τὸ τέρμα σὺν τῆ μέση [12th c.] VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. app. II 74 [12th c.] (f. 23v) (7 verses)
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 300: "Librarii subscr."
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