Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 17911
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	ὡς ταξιάρχης τῆς ἄνω σκηπτουχίας·
	πρωτἄγγελος πέλων τε ρῦσαι πταισμάτων·
	λιταῖς με ταῖς σαῖς (καὶ) τρικυμίας βίου:~

Type(s)	[2440] Ὡς ταξιάρχης τῆς ἄνω σκηπτουχίας (3 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	901-925
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1669 [901-925]
Place in Manuscript	f. 171v
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of the "Encomium in ss. archangelos Michael et Gabriel" by Michael Monachos.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Michael (archangel)
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1669/0180
Bibliography	Primary P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1899, Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Brussels: 159 C. Giannelli, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1485-1683 (vol. 5), Vatican City: 417 N. Sietis, 2024, Alle origini della minuscola libraria greca. Catalogo dei manoscritti (vol. 2), Roma: 81
Number of verses	3
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Eleonora Lauro Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Nina Vanhoutte, Eleonora Lauro, Kyriaki Giannikou The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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