Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 5334
(formerly typ/3376)

	Ὦ Χριστέ μου, σῶσόν με τὸν ἄχρειόν σου δοῦλον·
	Γεώργιον τλήμονα τάχα καὶ θύτην.
	Δόξα σοι ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν· δόξα σοι.

Title(s)	Librarii invocatio
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Mixture
Subject(s)	Georgios - VGH: 83.D, 88.G - PLP: II.3998 (thytes) Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Doxology Entreaty for first person Prayer Self-presentation
Comment	The epigram is metrically faulty since only the second verse consists of 12 syllables, although there is a tendency to achieve rhythm throughout the text. The colophon ends with Τέλος μηνὸς ὀκτωβρίου· ἔτει ςϠζ· (ἰνδικτιῶνος) ζ· ἐν μηνὶ ἰουννίω, δεκάτη·
Bibliography	Primary J. Bick, 1920, Die Schreiber der Wiener griechischen Handschriften, Vienna: 38
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[22194] ὢ χ[ριστ]έ μου σῶσον με τὸν ἄχρειόν σου δοῦλον· [1399] VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - hist. gr. 39 [1399] (f. 400r) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Dimitrios Skrekas, Cristina Cocola 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: 2021-09-01.