Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5739
(formerly typ/3768)

	Εἴληφε τέλος, σὺν θεῷ παντεργάτῃ,
	βίβλος Μανασσῆ, παρ’ ἐμοῦ Ἀλεξίου.
	Οἱ δ’ ἀναγινώσκοντες ταύτην ἐκ πόθου,
	δέησιν θεῷ, ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ποιεῖτε,
	ὅπως εὕρω ἵλεον, αὐτὸν ἐν κρίσει.

Title(s)	Librarii nota in fine Constantini Manassis libri
Text source	DBBE (based on occurrence Εἴληφε τέλος, σὺν θεῶ παντεργάτη)
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Constantine Manasses (1130-1187) - PBW: Konstantinos/302/
Tag(s)	Address to the reader Colophon Completion of the book Entreaty (asked to readers) Reference to content of the book Self-presentation
Bibliography	Primary O. Lampsidis 1986, Ἐπώνυμοι γραφεῖς κωδίκων τῆς Χρονικῆς Συνόψεως Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ Μανασσῆ, Πελοποννησιακὰ, 16, 43-53: 46 H. Omont 1886, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs des Bibliothèques de Suisse: Bâle, Berne, Einsiedeln, Genève, St. Gall, Schaffhousen, Centralblatt für Bibliothekswesen, 3, 385-452: 420
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[23084] Εἴληφε τέλος, σὺν θεῶ παντεργάτη [14th c.] BERN - Burgerbibliothek B 48 [14th-15th c.] (f. 141r) (5 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.