Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20242
(formerly occ/3893)

	+ ἡ βίβλος ἥδε τῶν \| θ(εο)ῦ μυστειρίων \|
	δώριμα τοῦ ταπεινοῦ νικήτ(α) πέλει \|
	ἦν καὶ παρασχὼν τῶ σεβασμίω δόμ(...) \|
	ὦ γεώργιε \| τρισμάκαρ \| στεφηφόρε \|
	ὅπος εὕροι μοι \| λύσιν ἁμαρτι\|μά\|των ※

Type(s)	[4122] Ἡ βίβλος ἥδε τῶν Θεοῦ μυστηρίων (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	12th-13th c.
Manuscript	GLASGOW - University Library - Hunter 405 (V.3.3.) [12th-13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1v
Person(s)	Patron Niketas (12th-13th c.)
Palaeographical information	Written in epigraphische Auszeichnungsmajuskel in a cross-like layout, surrounded by four circles containing the following words: 'Ι(ΗΣΟΥ)Σ Χ(ΡΙΣΤΟ)Σ ΝΙ ΚΑ'. At the bottom of the cross there is a group of four smaller circles on each side.
Contextual information	The epigram precedes the Gospel of John.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram
Subject(s)	George (saint) (3rd c. - 23/04/303) Niketas (12th-13th c.)
Image source(s)	http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/manuscripts/search/detail_i.cfm?ID=108
Bibliography	Primary A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 291-292 J. Young, P. Aitken, 1908, A Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of the Hunterian Museum in the University of Glasgow., Glasgow: 325
Number of verses	5
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