Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5713
(formerly typ/3767)

	Λιμῷ τακήσῃ· βρῶσις ὀρνέων ἔσῃ,
	ὃς ἐξέκοψας ἐν ἀρχῇ τὰς μεμβράνας
	καὶ κέρδος ἔσχες πλῆρες κακοβουλίας
	τοῦ γραφέως τὴν κλῆσιν ἐξαφανίσας.

Text source	S. Mercati 1970, Nota sul codex Hauniensis 1343, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 2), Bari, 79-86: 79
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Damage of the book Polemic
Bibliography	Primary F. Kolovou 2010, Die Griechischen Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, in A. Bravo García, I. Pérez Martín (eds.), The Legacy of Bernard de Montfaucon: Three Hundred Years of Studies on Greek Handwriting. Proceedings of the Seventh International Colloquium of Greek Palaeography (Madrid - Salamanca, 15-20 September 2008) (vol. 1), Turnhout, 395-401: 398
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[23071] λιμῶ τακήση βρῶσ(ις) ὀρνέ(ων) ἔση [11th-12th c.] LEIPZIG - Universitätsbibliothek - gr. 16 [9th-13th c.] (f. 285v) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Cristina Cocola, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 435: "In destructorem libri"
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.