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Occurrence 18244
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	∙:∙ οἱ στ(αυ)ρὸν ἀσ\|πάζοντες ἐ\|ν ὧ ἐτάθη.
	σαρκικῶς \| ὁ ἄναξ τε κ(αὶ) \| (...)τ(...) \|
	(...)ορφῆς δού\|λου ἀπεικό\|νισμα το τῆς \| ἀχράντου \|
	πόρρω ῥίπτο(ν)\|τες ὡς ἐυαγὲς οὐ πέλον·
	χ(ριστὸ)ν σταυροῦσιν ὡς ἰουδαίων παιδες
	ἔ\|λεγχον αὐτοῦ τὸν στ(αυ)ρὸν κεκτημένοι·
	λίαν πέλοντες ἀ(...)τε\|ροι κ(αὶ) πηροι·
	χ(ριστὸ)ς εἰ μὴ πέπονθεν στ(αυρ)ος κατάρα·
	αὐτοῦ παθοντος. \| στ(αυ)ρός ἡ σ(ωτη)ρία· \|
	ὅθεν καὶ \| τὴν σάρκω\|σιν ἐπιστο\|ρουντες.
	οὐ φύ\|σιν θεότη\|τος. ἄπαγε \| πόρρω·
	ὅσοι πι\|στοὶ πέλουσιν \| προσκυνοῦ\|σιν· ἐν πόθω \|
	στ(αυ)ρὸν εἰκόν(ας) \| ὡς ἅγια κ(αὶ) θει\|α·
	ὁ γὰρ προσκυ\|ν(...) τ(...) εἰκ(...)να προ\|σκυνεῖ
	ἐν αυ\|τῆ τ(ου) ἐγγραφομέ\|ν(ου) τ(ὴν) ὑπόθεσιν
	∙:∙ ∙:∙ ∙:∙ ∙:∙

Type(s)	[2651] Οἱ σταυρὸν ἀσπάζοντες, ἐν ᾧ ἐτάθη (15 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	24/10/941
Manuscript	PATMOS - Mone tou Hagiou Ioannou tou Theologou 33 [24/10/941]
Place in Manuscript	f. 2r
Person(s)	Scribe Daniel son of Nikolaos (10th c.) - VGH: 98.D - PMBZ: 23549: "Personenkennziffer: 21396" Nikolaos (10th c.) - VGH: 361.C - PMBZ: 28107: "Personenkennziffer: 25953" (monachos)
Palaeographical information	Written in red ink, in konstantinopolitanische Auszeichnungsmajuskel.
Contextual information	The epigram is written inside a richly illuminated, colorful cross, decorated with leaf shoots, peacocks and birds in the corners.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Reader-related epigram
Subject(s)	Holy Cross Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Comment	These verses have a poor metrical quality (Kominis 1966b: 22). Sakellion (1890: 20): 'Φύλ. 4ον'.
Image source(s)	Rhoby (2018: 650)
Bibliography	Primary I. Hutter 2009, Patmos 33 im Kontext, Rivista di Studi Bizantini e Neoellenici (RSBN), 46, 73-126: 97 A. Kominis 1966, Ὁ νέος κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς ἐν Πάτμῳ Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Ἰωάννου τοῦ Θεολόγου (Μέθοδος καὶ προβλήματα), Symmeikta, 1, 17-34: 22 A. Kominis, 1988, Πατμιακὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι νέος κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων κωδίκων τῆς Ἱερᾶς Μονῆς Ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Θεολόγου, Athens: 82 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 265-267 I. Sakkelion, 1890, Πατμιακὴ Βιβλιοθήκη, Athens: 20 Secondary J. Mossay, 1993, Repertorium Nazianzenum. Orationes. Textus Graecus. Codices Belgii, Bulgariae, Constantinopolis, Germaniae, Graeciae (pars prior), Heluetiae, Hiberniae, Hollandiae, Poloniae, Russiarum, Scandinauiae, Ucrainae et codex uagus (vol. 3), Paderborn: 151
Number of verses	15
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Sarah-Helena Van den Brande, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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