Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19137
(formerly occ/2600)

	+ πρόμαχον εὑρών σε κράτιστον παρθένε,
	πάσης βλάβης ἄψαυστον αὐχῶ τὸν βίον·
	φθόνοι γὰρ ἐχθρῶν οὐ κατατρύχουσί με,
	καὶ δαιμόνων κλύδωνες οὐ πνίγουσί με:-

Type(s)	[3295] Πρόμαχον εὑρών σε κράτιστον, Παρθένε (4 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca y.III.9 [14th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 212r
Palaeographical information	Written in darker ink than the main text.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Theotokos
Image source(s)	https://rbme.patrimonionacional.es/s/rbme/item/16447#?xywh=-463%2C718%2C1490%2C650&cv=439
Bibliography	Primary E. Miller, 1848, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque de l'Escurial, Paris: 284 Secondary G. de Andrés Martínez, 1965, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial. Códices 179-420 (vol. 2), Madrid: 228
Number of verses	4
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Delphine Nachtergaele Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, 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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