Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 18582
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	+εὐαγγελίων τήνδε τὴν βίβλον γράφει·
	κόσμῳ τε κοσμεῖ τῶδε τῷ πρὸς ἰσχύος,
	κρήτης πρόεδρ(ος) εὐτελὴς νικηφόρος:
	ἀφιεροῖ τὲ τῆ μονῆ τῆς φωκαίας,
	ἣ κλῆσιν οἶδεν ἀθανασίου φέρειν:
	εἴπερ σπάθη λήξειεν, ἰσμαηλίτις:
	ξύμπαντες οὐκοῦν ἀμπλακημάτων λύσιν,
	εὔξασθε τούτῳ καὶ ψυχῆς σωτηρίαν:-

Type(s)	[2891] Εὐαγγελίων τήνδε τὴν βίβλον γράφει (8 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	March 1303
Manuscript	SINAI - Mone tes Hagias Aikaterines - gr. 206 [March 1303]
Place in Manuscript	f. 359r
Palaeographical information	The epigram in written in 'maiuscola liturgica', in golden ink. It is inscribed in a circle.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Gospel
Image source(s)	https://www.loc.gov/resource/amedmonastery.00271078754-ms/?sp=374
Bibliography	Primary F. Euangelatou-Notara, 2000, Χορηγοί-κτήτορες-δωρητές σε σημειώματα κωδίκων. Παλαιολόγειοι χρόνοι, Athens: 206-207 M. Manousakas 1957, Νικηφόρου Μοσχοπούλου ἐπιγράμματα σὲ χειρόγραφα τῆς βιβλιοθήκης του, Ελληνικά, 15, 232-246: 234 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 81-82
Number of verses	8
Related occurrence(s)	[20268] Καὶ τήνδε μικροῖς χρυσίνοις ὠνησάμην [1276-1325] ATHOS - Mone Stauroniketa 25 [1101-1150] (f. 1r) (2 verses) (1/8)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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