Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17258
(formerly occ/426)

	·:· λιτὰς προσάγει παρθένος σύν προδρόμω·
	χ(ριστ)ῶ βασιλεῖ καὶ θ(ε)ῶ καὶ δεσπότη:

Type(s)	[3703] Λιτὰς προσάγει παρθένος σύν Προδρόμῳ (2 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1076-1125
Manuscript	BERLIN - Humboldt-Universität Bibliothek, Abteilung für christliche Archäologie und kirchliche Kunst 3807 [1076-1125]
Place in Manuscript	f. 2r
Contextual information	The epigram accompanies a miniature of Christ enthroned between the Theotokos and John the Baptist. The first verse is written in the upper margin, the second verse in the lower one.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) John the Baptist (10 BC-1 BC - 1st c.) Theotokos
Bibliography	Primary A. Cutler, 1984, The Aristocratic Psalters in Byzantium, Paris: 33, 157 (image: plate 101) A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 111 G. Stuhlfauth 1933, A Greek Psalter with Byzantine Miniatures, The Art Bulletin, 15, 310-326: 316
Number of verses	2
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri, Delphine Nachtergaele, Mathijs Clement The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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