Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5653
(formerly typ/3706)

	Ἡσαίας δε ταῦτά σοι θαρρῶν γράφει,
	πιστὸς λάτρις σὸς ὑπομνηματογράφος.

Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Esaias (11th c.) - RGK: III.199 - VGH: 129.E (hypomnematographos, latres)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Mauropous (1001 - 1075-1081) - PBW: Ioannes/289/
Tag(s)	Self-presentation
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined F. Bernard, 2014, Writing and Reading Byzantine Secular Poetry 1025-1081, Oxford: 131-132 P. de Lagarde, 1882, Iohannis Euchaitorum metropolitae quae in codice Vaticano graeco 676 supersunt, Göttingen: V R. Devreesse, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 604-866 (vol. 3), Vatican City: 131 P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1899, Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Brussels: 19 N. Wilson 1975, Books and Readers in Byzantium, in N. Wilson (ed.), Byzantine Books and Bookmen: a Dumbarton Oaks Colloquium, Washington, 1-15: 13
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[22971] Ἡσαίας δε ταῦτά σοι θαρρῶν γράφει [1051-1100] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 676 [11th c.] (f. 319r) (2 verses)
Related type(s)	[2348] Πάμμουσε βίβλε χαρίτων πληρεστάτη (29 verses)
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.