Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 20856
(formerly occ/4558)

	+ Ἄνακτε Χ(ριστ)έ, πατροκόλπιον φάος,
	μέδον τοῦ π(ατ)ρ(ὸ)ς, καὶ πρύτανι τῶν ὅλων·
	σὲ ἐκδυσωπῶ τὸν πανακτὶ δυνάμει·
	σκέπε φρούρει φύλαττε, τὸν σὸν οἰκέτην·
	τὸν καὶ ξίσαντα τὴν θείαν δέλτον ταύτην.

Type(s)	[2949] Ἄνακτε Χριστέ, πατροκόλπιον φάος (5 verses)
Text source	A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, 1915, Ἱεροσολυμιτικὴ βιβλιοθήκη ἤτοι κατάλογος τῶν ἐν ταῖς βιβλιοθήκαις τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου ἀποστολικοῦ τε καὶ καθολικοῦ ὀρθοδόξου πατριαρχικοῦ θρόνου τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων καὶ πάσης Παλαιστίνης ἀποκειμένων ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων (vol. 5), Saint-Petersburg: 403
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1390
Manuscript	JERUSALEM - Patriarchike Bibliotheke - Naou Hagiou Iakôbou tou Adelphotheou sine numero [1390]
Place in Manuscript	f. 324v
Person(s)	Patron Thomas (14th c.) - VGH: 226.H - PLP: IV.7769 Scribe Kallistos Radenos of Trapezous < Turkey (14th c.) - VGH: 226.H - PLP: X.23994 (monachos)
Contextual information	This poem is the second of a series of three poems, which are scattered throughout an elaborate colophon in prose.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Number of verses	5
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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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