Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17052
(formerly occ/169)

	·:· ἐγω μέν εἰμι σὸς φύλαξ στεφηφόρε·
	ὡς ἔγν(ως) αὐτὸ(ς) πραγμάτων τὰς ἐκβάσεις·
	ὁ δʹ αὖ γε ῥήσεις καὶ χρυσοῦν φέρων στόμα·
	ὁ συγγραφεὺς ἕστηκεν εἰς δυσωπίαν·
	αἰτῶν σὺν ἡμῖν γραφέως τοῦ σοῦ χάρι(ν)·
	ὅν εὐμενῶς βλέποις τε καὶ τρέφοις ἄναξ.

Type(s)	[1918] Ἐγὼ μέν εἰμι σὸς φύλαξ, στεφηφόρε (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1076-1100
Manuscript	PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - Coisl. 79 [1076-1100]
Place in Manuscript	f. 2v
Person(s)	Patron Sabbas (monachos)
Palaeographical information	Written in epigraphic Auszeichnungsmajuskel, red ink.
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies a miniature depicting John Chrysostom handing over the book to the emperor (Nikephoros Botaneiates), assisted by the archangel Michael. The donator is depicted as a small kneeling figure.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram
Subject(s)	John Chrysostom (saint) Michael (archangel) Michael VII Doukas Parapinakes (1050 - 1090) - PBW: Michael/7/ Nikephoros III Botaneiates (1001-1081) - PBW: Nikephoros/3/
Comment	Epigram for a book (Coislin. 79) originally intended for Michael VII Doukas, but upon his death slightly adjusted to fit the new emperor Nikephoros Botaneiates. Date: later years of reign Michael Doukas (1071-1078), and/or (depending on interpretation) reign of Nikephoros Botaneiates (1078-1081).
Image source(s)	https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8470047d/f10.item
Bibliography	Primary D. Bianconi 2012, All'ombra dell'imperatore. Sui caratteri grafici, materiali e decorativi del Paris. Coisl. 79 (e del Lond. Add. 11870), in P. Fioretti (ed.), Storie di cultura scritta. Studi per Francesco Magistrale, Spoleto, 127-172: 167 B. De Montfaucon, 1715, Bibliotheca Coisliniana, olim Segueriana, Paris: 137 C. Dumitrescu 1987, Remarques en marge du coislin 79: Les trois eunuques et le problème du donateur, Byzantion, 57(1), 32-45: 41 H. Omont, 1929, Miniatures des plus anciens manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale du VIe au XIVe Siècle, Paris: 34 A. Paul 2012, Historical Figures Appearing in Epigrams on Objects, in F. Bernard, K. Demoen (eds.), Poetry and its Contexts in Eleventh-century Byzantium, Farnham/Burlington, 89-112: 98 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 157-159 I. Spatharakis, 1976, The Portrait in Byzantine Illuminated Manuscripts, Leiden: 112 display 4 more references (7 in total) hide 4 references (7 in total) Secondary D. Bianconi 2013, Libri e paratesti metrici a Bisanzio nell’ XI secolo. In margine a una recente pubblicazione, Medioevo Greco. Rivista di storia e filologia bizantina. (MEG), 13, 297-314: 310-311 H. Bordier, 1883, Description des peintures et autres ornements contenus dans les manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris: 131 F. D'Aiuto 2019, L’iscrizione dell’imperatore Michele nella basilica tessalonicese di S. Demetrio: data e contesto di un carmen epigraphicum bizantino, in S. Cosentino, M. Pomero, G. Vespignani (eds.), Dialoghi con Bisanzio. Spazi di discussione, percorsi di ricerca. Atti dell’VIII Congresso dell’Associazione Italiana di Studi Bizantini (Ravenna 22-25 settembre 2015) (vol. 1), Spoleto, 287-304: 298
Number of verses	6
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Maria Tomadaki The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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