Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19924
(formerly occ/3528)

	Δέσποτα χριστὲ καὶ θεὲ τῶν ἁπάντων
	ἄφεσίν μοι δὸς τῶν πολλῶν ἐγχλημάτων
	ὧνπερ ἔπραξα ἐν γνώσει καὶ ἀγνοίᾳ,
	πρεσβείαις τῆς σὲ ἀφθόρως κυησάσης,
	προφητῶν ὁμοῦ καὶ σοφῶν ἀποστόλων,
	ἀθλοφόρων τε, ἱεραρχῶν, ὁσίων,
	γυναικῶν ἀσκητριῶν καὶ ἀθληφόρων,
	τῶν γεχραμμένων ἐν τῷδε τῷ βιβλίῳ.
	Δυσωπῶ πάντας ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ δέλτῳ
	ἐντυγχάνοντας, μνεῖαν ἐμοῦ ποιῇτε
	ἐν ταῖς πρὸς θεὸς ὑμετέραις πρεσβείαις
	λύσιν με λαβεῖν τῶν πολλῶν ὀφλημάτων.
	ἱν' ἀξιωθῶ μερίς (sic) τῶν σοζωμένων
	ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ τοῦ χριστοῦ παρουσίᾳ
	τὶν (sic) πολλῷ καὶ κόπῳ γεγραφότι
	αναξίῳ τε ἱερεῖ Σωφρονίῳ
	καὶ ἐν μοναχοῖς πελόντι ἐλαχίστῳ.

Type(s)	[3917] Δέσποτα Χριστὲ καὶ Θεὲ τῶν ἁπάντων (17 verses)
Text source	A. Rocchi, 1883, Codices cryptenses seu Abbatiae Cryptae Ferratae in Tusculano digesti et illustrati, Tusculani: 299
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1102
Manuscript	GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Δ. α. V [1102]
Place in Manuscript	(unsure) f. 163v -- (gen.) end of ms.
Person(s)	Patron Nikolaos (12th c.) - VGH: 328.B, 412.G (abbas of the Monastery of Saint Mary < Grottaferrata < Lazio < Italy) Scribe Sophronios (12th c.) - VGH: 412.G (hiereus)
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Reader-related epigram Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Apostles Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Prophet(s) Sophronios (12th c.) - VGH: 412.G (hiereus) Theotokos
Bibliography	Primary C. Stavrakos 2020, The church of Sts Theodoroi (formerly St Kournatos) in Myrtia, Laconia, and its inscriptions, in M. Lauxtermann, I. Toth (eds.), Inscribing Texts in Byzantium: Continuities and Transformations, Abingdon, 347-364: 352
Number of verses	17
Related occurrence(s)	[19925] δέσποτα χ(ριστ)ὲ· καὶ κτήστα τῶν ἁπάντων [1113] GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Δ. α. VII [1113] (f. 139r) (6 verses) (1/17) [29769] Τέλος ὧδε πέφηκε ταύτης τῆς δέλτου [17/04/1496] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagia Trias 128 [17/04/1416] (f. 236v) (22 verses) (1/17) [22013] γλυκὺ τὸ γράφειν βιβλίου \| τέλος ἄπαν [April 1112] PARIS - Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) - gr. 1531 [01/04/1112-30/04/1112] (f. 309v) (4 verses) (1/17)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet 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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