Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 19925
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	+ δέσποτα χ(ριστ)ὲ· καὶ κτήστα τῶν ἁπάντων +
	λύσιν δώρησε·\| τῶν ἐμὼν ἐγκλημάτων +
	πρεσβείαις τῆς σὲ κυησά\|σης ἀσπόρως +
	προφητὼν ὁμοῦ, πανσόφων ἀποστό\|λων +
	μαρτύρων ὁσίων τέ καὶ ἀσκητρίων +
	τῶν ἐν \| τῆ βίβλω ταῦτη ἐγγεγραμένων:-

Type(s)	[3921] Δέσποτα Χριστὲ καὶ κτίστα τῶν ἁπάντων (6 verses)
Text source	DBBE
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1101-1110
Manuscript	GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Δ. α. VII [1101-1110]
Place in Manuscript	f. 139r
Person(s)	Scribe Neilos II (12th c.) - VGH: 328.B (abbas of the Monastery of Saint Mary < Grottaferrata < Lazio < Italy)
Contextual information	The epigram is written immediately after the main colophon, inc. 'τέλος ἤλειφεν...'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Image source(s)	Lake X, plate 743
Bibliography	Primary A. Rocchi, 1883, Codices cryptenses seu Abbatiae Cryptae Ferratae in Tusculano digesti et illustrati, Tusculani: 303
Number of verses	6
Related occurrence(s)	[19924] Δέσποτα χριστὲ καὶ θεὲ τῶν ἁπάντων [1102] GROTTAFERRATA - Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale - Δ. α. V [1102] ((unsure) f. 163v -- (gen.) end of ms.) (17 verses) (1/6) [29769] Τέλος ὧδε πέφηκε ταύτης τῆς δέλτου [17/04/1496] ISTANBUL - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Hagia Trias 128 [17/04/1416] (f. 236v) (22 verses) (1/6) [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) (1/6)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Raf Praet Transcriber(s) Rachele Ricceri, Dimitrios Skrekas 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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