Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23214
(formerly occ/7114)

+ ὁ χ(ριστὸ)ς αὐτός ἐστιν ἀρχὴ (καὶ) τέλος:

Type(s)	[2422] Ὁ Χριστὸς αὐτός ἐστιν ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος (1 verse)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	01/09/1419-31/08/1420
Manuscript	EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Ψ.II.5 [01/09/1419-31/08/1420]
Place in Manuscript	f. 266v
Person(s)	Scribe Stephanos Synadenos (1401-1450) - RGK: III.580 - VGH: 404.C - PLP: XI.27148
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink.
Contextual information	The verse is written at the end of Ioseph hymnographus' 'Canones liturgici'. It is followed by a prose colophon, mentioning the names of the scribe and patron and the date.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Image source(s)	https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/16526#?xywh=806%2C2045%2C2560%2C1117&cv=546
Bibliography	Primary G. de Andrés Martínez, 1967, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial. Códices 421-649 (vol. 3), Madrid: 26
Number of verses	1
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout 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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