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Occurrence 19882
(formerly occ/3466)

	Ὦ φιλάγαθε παρθένε Θεοτόκε +
	ἡ μεσίτρια τῶν ἐπταισμένων πάντων
	καὶ ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐγγυητὴς καὶ σκέπη,
	καὶ προστασία τῶν θλιβωμένων.
	Σὺ οὖν πάναγνε πανύμνητε παρθένε,
	ἡ τὸν θεολόγον τεκοῦσα κατὰ σάρκα
	+ σκέπε + φρούρει φύλαττε τὸν ἄνακτα Παρθένε +
	τὸν θεόσεπτον Παλαιολόγον δοῦκαν +
	καὶ Κομνηνόν τε Ἀνδρόνικον τὸν πάννυ
	καὶ Ἄννην σὺν τοῖς αὐτῶν τε κλάδοις +
	Πορφυρογενῆ στελέχει φυλασσομένοις +
	τὸν δέ γε θύτην καὶ τῶν ἡμῶν ποιμένα
	τῆς Κωνσταντίνου Ἰωάννην τε σκέπε +
	δώρησαι αὐτοῖς καὶ χρόνους ἀπεράντους +
	εὐζωΐα τε καὶ ἡρέμῳ τῷ βίῳ +
	ὅτι εὐλογητὸς εἶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας.

Type(s)	[3894] Ὦ φιλάγαθε παρθένε Θεοτόκε (16 verses)
Text source	A. Tsakopoulos, 1953, Περιγραφικὸς κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς βιβλιοθήκης τοῦ Οἰκουμενικοῦ Πατριαρχείου. Τμῆμα χειρογράφων Παναγίας Καμαριωτίσσης (vol. 1), Istanbul: 108
Text status	Text completely known
Date	03/08/1340
Manuscript	ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Panaghia 62 [03/08/1340]
Place in Manuscript	f. 248v
Person(s)	Patron Andronikos III Doukas Angelos Komnenos Palaiologos (25/03/1297 - 15/06/1341) - PLP: IX.21437 (doux) Anna Palaiologina of Savoy (1306 - 1365) - PLP: IX.21347 (basilissa) Ioannes XIV Calecas - PLP: V.10288 (patriarches of Konstantinoupolis < Turkey, poimen, thytes) Scribe Nikolaos (14th c.) - VGH: 365.J - PLP: VIII.20456
Palaeographical information	Written in black ink. The crosses are in red ink. 2 μεσίτρια \| μεσήτρια Kouroupou (2008: 195) 15 εὐζωΐα \| εὐζωΐαν Kouroupou (2008: 195) 16 εὐλογητὸς \| εὐλογητός Kouroupou (2008: 195)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram
Subject(s)	Andronikos III Doukas Angelos Komnenos Palaiologos (25/03/1297 - 15/06/1341) - PLP: IX.21437 (doux) Anna Palaiologina of Savoy (1306 - 1365) - PLP: IX.21347 (basilissa) Ioannes XIV Calecas - PLP: V.10288 (patriarches of Konstantinoupolis < Turkey, poimen, thytes) Theotokos
Comment	Kouroupou (2008: 195) gives only the first two and last three verses. The verses 4, 6, 7, 9 and 10 of this poem scan faulty. This poem is completed by a short 'ἀμήν', and is followed by another book epigram.
Bibliography	Primary M. Athenagoras 1935, Κατάλογος τῶν χειρογράφων τῆς ἐν Χάλκῃ Μονῆς τῆς Παναγίας, Ἐπετηρὶς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν (EEBS), 11, 151-191: 464 M. Rizou-Kouroupou, P. Géhin, 2008, Catalogue des manuscrits conservés dans la Bibliothèque du Patriarcat Oecuménique, Les manuscrits du monastère de la Panaghia de Chalki. Notices descriptives (vol. 1), Turnhout: 195
Number of verses	16
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