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Type 6331
(formerly typ/4291)

	Γραφὴ πέφυκεν ἡ βίβλος Γεωργίου
	Χριστὸν σέβοντος, πλὴν ἀσέμνου τὸν βίον.
	Ταύτην φυλάττοις, Χριστέ, τῷ κτισαμένῳ,
	σῴζοις δε κἀμέ τοῖς σοφοῖς κρίμασί σου.

Title(s)	Librarii subscriptio
Text source	G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 129
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Georgios Chomatianos (1251-1300) (anagnostes) Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Tag(s)	Colophon Completion of the book Prayer Self-presentation
Translation(s)	This book is [in] the writing of [one] George Who lives improperly, yet worships Christ. O Christ, may you protect the man who owns it And save me also, through your wise decrees. Language English Source(s) G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 129 Translation of the epigram in Par. suppl. gr. 1394: Ce livre a été produit de la main de Macaire, respectueux du Christ, mais à la vie indigne. Garde ce livre ô Christ à son propriétaire, et sauve-moi aussi par tes jugements sages. Language French Source(s) O. Delouis 2017, La Collection canonique du hiéromoine Macaire retrouvée à Orléans (olim Mikulov I 136, nunc Parisinus Suppl. gr. 1394), in B. Caseau, V. Prigent, A. Sopracasa (eds.), Οὗ δῶρόν εἰμι τὰς γραφὰς βλέπων νόει. Mélanges Jean-Claude Cheynet, Paris, 67-108: 69, 69
Comment	This epigram - with some minor variations, such as the name of the scribe - can also be found in a 16th-century manuscript, Par. suppl. gr. 1394. (cf. Delouis (2017: 69)) Text of Parpulov (2014: 129) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary O. Delouis 2017, La Collection canonique du hiéromoine Macaire retrouvée à Orléans (olim Mikulov I 136, nunc Parisinus Suppl. gr. 1394), in B. Caseau, V. Prigent, A. Sopracasa (eds.), Οὗ δῶρόν εἰμι τὰς γραφὰς βλέπων νόει. Mélanges Jean-Claude Cheynet, Paris, 67-108: 69
Number of verses	4
Occurrence(s)	[24303] Γραφὴ \| πέφυκ(εν) \| ἡ βίβλος \| γεωργίου [1276-1300] SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 47 [1276-1300] (f. 266r) (4 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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