Occurrence 17032
(formerly occ/150)

Ὦ παντάνασσα, παντακουστάτη κόρη:‒
πἀνὑπέροχε, καὶ πάντων ὑπερτέρα:‒
βροτίων γένος, ὁσίως βιοσάντων:‒
νόων ἀΰλων, τάξις τον οὐῥανίων:‒
Νύμφη τοῦ π(ατ)ρ(ό)ς, ἀφθόρως γενομένη:‒
ἄνακτα χριστ(ὸν), ἀσπόρως συλλαβοῦσ(α)?:‒
π(ατ)ρ(ὸ)ς τεκοῦσα, τὸν προ αἰώνων λόγ(ον):‒
μένεις δʹ ἁπαλ(ὴ), παρθ(έ)νος μετὰ τόκον:‒
ὧ παράδοξον, παντάπασι καὶ ξένον:‒
τὸ μυστήριον, τῆς σῆς κυοφορίας:‒
ὅτι (καὶ) γεγέννηκας, καὶ παρθενεύεις:‒
ὅμ(ως) ὡς ηὐδόκησεν, ὡς εὶ βουλήθη:‒
ἐλευθερῶσαι, γένος ἀδαμιαίων:‒
τοιαῦτα δε δρᾶ, ἐν σοὶ τῆ παναγία:‒
ἀλλʹ ὦ παρθ(έ)νε, χριστιανῶν τὸ κλέ(ως):‒
νῦν ποτνιῶσοι, κ(αὶ) ζῶν καὶ μετὰ πότμον:‒
τῶ κτησαμένω, ἐκ πόθου σοι τὴν δέλτ(ον):‒
λεοντίω τοὔνομ(α), τῶ καὶ ποιμένη:‒
σὺν τούτω ἅμα, ξέσαντι ἀμοσγέπος:‒
νεοφύτο ἀναξίω, τλίμονί τε ζακόρω:‒
διὰ μου σός, γένοιο πανολβία:‒
[ὅ]ταν ἐλεύσῃ ὁ σὸς υἱὸς καὶ κτίστης:‒
μετὰ ἀγγέλων, πνοῶν τοῦ κρῖναι π(άντα)ς:‒
ἄμφω εὐρεῖν τε, ἀμπλακυμάτ(ων) λύσιν:‒
τοῦ ἀνὑμνῆν σε, εἰς ἅπαντας αἰῶνας:‒
ὅσοι δὲ ταύτην, ἐντύχητε τὴν δέλτον:‒
εὔχεσθαι ἡμῖν, διὰ τὸν θεὸν ἀμήν:‒
Type(s) [5209] Ὦ παντάνασσα, παντακουστάτη κόρη (27 verses)
Text source DBBE
Text status Text completely known
Date 1080
Manuscript PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1215 [1080]
Place in Manuscript f. 211r-211v
Person(s)
Patron
Leontios (11th c.) (poimen)
Scribe
Neophytos (11th c.) - RGK: II.409 - VGH: 332.F (monachos)
Palaeographical information The poem is written in two columns; the first hemistich of each verse in the first column and the second hemistich in the other one.
Metre(s) Dodecasyllable
Genre(s) Patron-related epigram
Subject(s)
Comment This poem is a prayer by a copyist to the Virgin Mary whose mediation with Her Son is requested by the scribe on behalf of the sponsor, the bishop Leontios, and himself in anticipation of the Second coming (Constantinides (1993: 323)).
Image source(s) https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10721760p/f225.item
Bibliography
Number of verses 27
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