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Type 6653
(formerly typ/4554)

	Αἱ γραφαὶ μενοῦσι τῶν ἀπαιώνων,
	οἱ δὲ δάκτυλοί μου ὑπὸ χοὸς βροτοῦνται.

Text source	A. Tsakopoulos, 1953, Περιγραφικὸς κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς βιβλιοθήκης τοῦ Οἰκουμενικοῦ Πατριαρχείου. Τμῆμα χειρογράφων Παναγίας Καμαριωτίσσης (vol. 1), Istanbul: 144-145
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Completion of the book
Bibliography	Primary Metropolites Athenagoras 1935, Κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς ἐν Χάλκῃ Μονῆς τῆς Παναγίας, Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (EEBS), 11, 151-191: 185 A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus 1900, Ἡ ἐν τῷ νησίῳ Σωζοπόλεως βασιλικὴ μονὴ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Προδρόμου καὶ ἡ τύχη τῆς βιβλιοθήκης αὐτῆς, Vizantiyskiy Vremennik, 7, 661-695: 674 M. Rizou-Kouroupou, P. Géhin, 2008, Catalogue des manuscrits conservés dans la Bibliothèque du Patriarcat Oecuménique, Les manuscrits du monastère de la Panaghia de Chalki. Notices descriptives (vol. 1), Turnhout: 254-255 K. Treu 1970, Weitere Handschriften mit der Schreiberformel «Ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράψασα...», Scriptorium, 24, 56-64: 58
Number of verses	2
Occurrence(s)	[25011] αι γραφαὶ δὲ μένουσοι των απαι\|ώνων [1428] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghia 87 [1428] (f. 269r) (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Nina Vanhoutte The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 18: "Librarii subscr."
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