Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5255
(formerly typ/3298)

	ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουνται ἰδεῖν πατρίδα
	καὶ οἱ θαλαττεύοντες ἰδεῖν λιμένα,
	οὕτω καὶ οἱ γράφοντες ἰδεῖν τὸ τέλος βιβλίου

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Person(s)	Poet Antonios Synkritikos (15th c.)
Metre(s)	Mixture
Tag(s)	Completion of the book
Translation(s)	Like travellers rejoice upon seeing their homeland, and sailors upon seeing the harbour, so too do scribes upon seeing the end of the book. Language English Source(s) DBBE (last accessed: 2026-08-17).
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined C. Constantinides, R. Browning, 1993, Dated Greek Manuscripts from Cyprus to the year 1570, Washington: 239
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[31994] ὤσπερ ξένοι χαίροντες ἰδεῖν π(α)τρίδα [14th c.] ATHOS - Bibliotheke tou Protatou (Karues) 34 [14th c.] (f. 216r) (3 verses) [22066] ωσπερ ξενι χερουντ(αι) ειδην πατριδαν [1469] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1390 [1469] (f. 209r) (3 verses)
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Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Ilse De Vos The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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Last modified: 2019-11-10.

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