Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18503
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	፠ ἰωάννις εγραψεν ὢν εκ ῥουσίων:
	πόλις τεκοῦσα, τους φαεινοὺς αστέρας:
	νείλωνα τὸν ἔντιμον βαρθολομ(αῖον):-\|
	ὧνπερ προσευχ(αῖς), σῶζε κόσμο(ν) παρθ(έ)νε:·\|
	፠ ὦ παγκράτορ ὕψιστε τοῦ \| θ(εο)ῦ λογε:
	καὶ μ(ητ)ροπάρθενόν \| γε, σὺ, πόλων κλέος:
	ἰ(ησο)ῦ χ(ριστ)ὲ \| καὶ μόνη θ(εοτό)κε:
	δοῖς πραιπο\|σίτωι χάριτας παγκρατίωι:·\|
	βΐβλου χάριν τῆς δή γε τοῦς σὶ \| τιμίου·
	βαρθολομαίου π(ατ)ρ(ό)ς\| τοῦ παναγίου ፠
	εγρ(ά)φ(η) ,ςψλη ἔτ(ει):\|
	καί τοῖσδε λοιπ(οῖς) ἱρομοναζουσιν γε·\|
	ψάλτ(αις) νακούρ(οις) ἱεράζυξιν ὅλοις:-

Type(s)	[2827] Ἰωάννης εγραψεν ὢν εκ Ρουσίων (13 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1229
Manuscript	GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Β. β. III [11/11/1229]
Place in Manuscript	f. 195r
Person(s)	Scribe Ioannes from Rossano - VGH: 193.A
Palaeographical information	The text in the manuscript seems subdivided into two parts: verses 1-4, and then 5-10. Decorative signs precede the two parts. While the most of the text text is written in majuscule, the last two verses (καί τοῖσδε λοιποῖς ἱρομοναζουσιν γε·\|ψάλταις νακούροις ἱεράζυξιν ὅλοις:) are written in minuscule.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Bartholomaios (970 - 11/11/1055) (abbas of the Monastery of Saint Mary < Grottaferrata < Lazio < Italy) Neilos of Rossano < Calabria < Southern Italy < Italy (saint) (910 - 26/09/1004) - VGH: 328.A, 378.E - PMBZ: 27657: "Personenkennziffer: 25503" (abbas of the Monastery of Saint Mary < Grottaferrata < Lazio < Italy)
Comment	Several poems in this ms. mention different persons who have aided in the realization of this codex: apart from the scribe Iohannes ek Rousion and the sponsor of the ms., Pankratios, are mentioned three other persons: Antonios (hieromonachos), Dios Blasios (ekklesiarches and hierozygos) and Nikodemos.
Image source(s)	Turyn1972, plate 220a
Bibliography	Primary F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1984, Συλλογὴ χρονολογημένων σημειωμάτων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων. 13ος αἰώνας, Athens: 29 A. Rocchi, 1883, Codices cryptenses seu Abbatiae Cryptae Ferratae in Tusculano digesti et illustrati, Tusculani: 142 A. Turyn, 1972, Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Italy. Text (vol. 1), Urbana: 7
Number of verses	13
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Eleonora Lauro Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, 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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