Type 6894
(formerly typ/4795)
| Τὸν δακτύλοις γράψαντα, τὸν κεκτημένον, | |
| τὸν δὲ ἀναγινώσκοντα μετ’ εὐλαβείας, | |
| φύλαττε τοὺς τρεῖς, ὦ Τριὰς παναγία. | |
| Ὡς ἱππεὺς ταχυδρόμος, ἡ χεὶρ ἐνταῦθα, | |
| διαδραμοῦσα βυθὸν γραμμάτων τόσον, | |
| ἧκ’ οὖν πνευστιῶν εἰς τέλος τῆς πυξίδος | |
| ἐπευχαριστῶν τὸν συντελεστὴν πάντα. |
| Title(s) | Librarii invocatio |
| Text source | K. Giannikou 2026, Formulaic Language in Byzantine Book Epigrams: A Typology Grounded in Ritually-Charged Pragmatic Functions, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS)(66.1), 1-41: 3 |
| Text status | Text completely known |
| Editorial status | Not a critical text |
| Genre(s) | Scribe-related epigram |
| Metre(s) | Dodecasyllable |
| Subject(s) | Holy Trinity |
| Tag(s) | |
| Critical Notes | 6 πνευστιῶν DBBE ] πνευστιοῦν ms. | τῆς πυξίδος DBBE ] ἐφ ἑξίδος ms. |
| Translation(s) |
The one who wrote this with his fingers, the owner, and the one reading it with reverence— guard these three, O most holy Trinity. Like a swift courier on horseback, the hand here swiftly traversed this sea of letters; and so, breathless, has reached the end of the book giving thanks to the bestower of all things.
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| Bibliography | |
| Number of verses | 7 |
| Occurrence(s) |
[25816] τῶ δακτύλοις γράψαντι τῶ | κεκτημένω
[01/09/1310-31/08/1311]
ATHOS - Mone Esphigmenou 27 [01/09/1310-31/08/1311] (f. 173v) (7 verses) |
| Acknowledgements |
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Contributor(s)
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| Identification | Paratexts of the Bible (Pinakes) , 18876 |
| Permalink | http://dbbe.ugent.be/types/6894 |
Last modified: 2026-06-12.
