Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2628
(formerly typ/725)

	Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα,
	καὶ οἱ θαλαττεύοντες εὑρεῖν λιμένα,
	καὶ οἱ στρατευόμενοι ἰδεῖν τὸ νῖκος
	καὶ οἱ πραγματευόμενοι ἰδεῖν τὸ κέρδος
	οὕτω καὶ οἱ γράφοντες ἰδεῖν βιβλίου τέλος.

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	Secondary J. Boeten, M. Janse 2018, A Cognitive Analysis of Metrical Irregularities in the Ὧσπερ ξένοι Book Epigrams, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, 42(1), 79-91: Bibliography category to be determined F. Euangelatou-Notara, 2000, Χορηγοί-κτήτορες-δωρητές σε σημειώματα κωδίκων. Παλαιολόγειοι χρόνοι, Athens: 255-256 S. Eustratiades 1919, Κατάλογος τῶν ἐν τῇ μονῇ τῶν Βλατέων ἀποκειμένων κωδίκων, Γρηγόριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς, 3, 74-91: 150 E. Gamillscheg 1993, Subskriptionen griechischer Handschriften als historische Quelle, in F. Berger (ed.), Symbolae Berolinenses für Dieter Harlfinger, Amsterdam, 293-306: 296 P. Sotiroudis, 1998, Ἱερὰ Μονὴ Ἰβήρων. Κατάλογος ἑλληνικῶν χειρογράφων. 1-100 (vol. 1), Athos: 57 A. Turyn, 1972, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Italy. Text (vol. 1), Urbana: 260
Number of verses	5
Occurrence(s)	[18180] Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα, [1276-1300] ATHOS - Mone Iberon 30 [1276-1300] (f. 210v) (5 verses) [19887] Ὥσπερ ξένοι χέρονται ἰδεῖν πατρίδα [1428] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghia 87 [1428] (f. 269r) (5 verses) [20594] Ὡσπερ ξένοι χαιρ(ων)τ(ες) ἰδεῖν π(ατ)ρίδα [1476] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghia 120 [1476] (f. 76v) (3 verses) [22062] ὥσπερ ξένοι χἕρουσ(ιν) ἰδ(εῖν) π(ατ)ρίδ(α) [1316] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 214 [1316] (f. 220v) (3 verses) [18670] Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα [1397] ROME - Biblioteca Vallicelliana F 25 (Martini 89) [1397] (f. 32r) (5 verses) [18900] ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα, [12th-15th c.] THESSALONIKI - Mone Blatadon 93 [12th c.] ((gen.) End of manuscript) (5 verses) [33682] ὡσ\|περ ξέν(οι) χαίρουσιν ἠδὶν π(ατ)ρίδα [1451-1452] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Palat. gr. 225 [1451-1452] (f. 156v) (4 verses) [19042] ὥσπερ ξένοι χαί\|ρουσιν ἰδεῖν π(ατ)ρίδα [15th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Ross. 887 (olim XI.40) [1451-1500] (f. 222r) (4 verses) display 5 more occurrences (8 in total) hide 5 occurrences (8 in total)
Related type(s)	[29767] Τέλος ὦδε πέφυκε ταύτης τῆς δέλτου (22 verses) (Variant (other wordings), Is part of) [5255] ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουνται ἰδεῖν πατρίδα (3 verses)
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Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 905: "Librarii nota"
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