Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 6977
(formerly typ/4884)

	Τῷ συντελεστῇ τῶν καλῶν Θεῷ χάρις·
	Θεοῦ τὸ δῶρον καὶ πόνος Γεωργίου
	τὸ πίκλην Καρυκᾶ· ἐγράφη ἡ βίβλος
	αὕτη διὰ χειρὸς ἑμοῦ τοῦ χωρικοῦ
	γραφέως Γεωργίου Καρυκᾶ τοῦ Ἀργυροῦ
	ἐν ἔτει τρέχοντος, χιλιάδας ἓξ(...)
	ὀκτὼ καὶ ἐπιφέροντα ἑκατοντάδας
	δεκάδαν μίαν, πρὸ τῆς τετάρτης
	ἴνδικτον καὶ ἄγοντος δ᾽(...)
	Τὸν ἀναγινώσκοντα σὺν π(...)
	τὸν δακτύλοις γράψαντα, τὸν κεκτημένον
	φύλαττε τοὺς τρεῖς ὦ τριὰς τρισολβίως.

Text status	Text partially unknown
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Date Doxology Entreaty (asked to readers) Entreaty for a third person Prayer
Comment	The colophon combines three well-known types of book epigrams with probably unmetrical passages.
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined F. Euangelatou-Notara, 2000, Χορηγοί-κτήτορες-δωρητές σε σημειώματα κωδίκων. Παλαιολόγειοι χρόνοι, Athens: 208 P. Moraux, 1964, Bibliothèque de la société turque d'histoire. Catalogue des manuscrits grecs (Fonds du Syllogos), Ankara: 2
Number of verses	12
Occurrence(s)	[17584] τῶ συντελεστῆ τῶν καλῶν \| θ(ε)ῶ χάρις [1306] ANKARA - Türk Tarih Kurumu 1 [1305] (f. 296v) (12 verses)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Julián Bértola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification
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Last modified: 2026-01-19.