Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22253
(formerly occ/6128)

	※ στίχοι ἱκετήριοι πρὸς την δέσποιναν παρθένον καὶ θεομήτορα \| τὴν χωρινήν· ὡς ἐκ προσώπου τ(ῆς) εὐσεβεστάτ(ης) \| δεσποίνης κυρ(ᾶς) μαρί(ας) κομνηνῆς τ(ῆς) παλαιολογίνης.

	+ ἔδει μ(ὲν) ἴσως τῆ παναχράντω κόρη,
	τῆ παρθ(έ)ν(ω) (καὶ) σῶμα (καὶ) τὴν καρδίαν,
	τῆ τῶν χερουβὶμ και σεραφὶμ κυρία,
	τῆ τῶν ἁγίων ἁγιωτέρα νόων,
	ἀξίαν ἀντίχαριν ἀποτιννύειν,
	ὑπὲρ τοσαύτ(ης) εὐμενοῦς εὐσπλαγχνίας,
	καὶ τ(ῆς) ἀφράστου πρὸς χ(ριστὸ)ν παρρησίας,
	τὸν υἱὸν αὐτ(ῆς) (καὶ) θ(εὸ)ν (καὶ) δεσπότην·
	ὑπὲρ ἀγάπης τῆς βροτῶν σ(ωτη)ρίας,
	ἣν καθεκάστην δεικνύει χριστωνύμ(οις),
	οἷα μόνη σώζουσα καὶ λυτρουμ(έν)η,
	τούτους ἁπάσης τῶν ἐναντίων βλάβης,
	ἔδει προσάξαι πλὴν μετ’ εὐνοί(ας) ὅσης,
	βασιλικ(ὸν) τὸ δῶρον ὡς βασιλίδι,
	ἀνθ’ ὧν παρ’ αὐτῆς ἀπέλαυον χαρίτ(ων):
	ἀνθ’ ὧν μυρίων ἐκλυτροῦμαι κινδύνων·
	τῆ συμμαχία (καὶ) κραταιᾶ δυνάμει,
	τ(ῆς) πανσθενουργοῦ (καὶ) πανυμνήτου κόρης·
	ἀλλὰ τίς ἰσχύσει(εν) οὕτως ἀξίως,
	τὸ κοσμολαμπὲς δεξιώσασθαι φάος·
	τὴν τῶν ἁπάντ(ων) ὑπερηρμ(έν)ην νόων;
	ἐφ ὧπερ ὡς ἔχοιμι πλὴν μετὰ δέους,
	μετὰ δακρύων (καὶ) καθαρᾶς καρδίας,
	μεθ’ ὧνπερ ηὐπόρησα πέπλων χρυσέων,
	καὶ τὴν ἱερὰν τήνδε βίβλ(ον) προσφέρω,
	τῶ σεβασμίω τ(ῆς) παναχράντου δόμῳ \|\|
	χώραν καλοῦν εἴωθ(εν) ἅπας τὸν δόμον,
	αὐτῆς συνάρσει τῆσδ’ ἐπὶ γῆς τ(ῆς) ξέν(ης)·
	ταύτην τυχοῦσα σὺν ἀκοσμία τόση·
	εἰ (καὶ) λίθων ἦν ἔνδοθ(εν) σὺν μαργάροις,
	ὥσπερ διαυγὴς στιλπνότ(ης), ἢ χρυσίου,
	τ(ὰς) ἡλιακ(ὰς) ἀκτῖνας ὑπερβάλον
	οἱ κυριακοὶ χρύσεοι θεῖοι λόγοι·
	δι’ ὧν πᾶσα γέγηθε πιστῶν καρδία·
	δι’ ὧν κόσμος σέσωστο σατὰν τ(ῆς) πλάν(ης)·
	πλὴν ἀλλὰ κοσμήσασα ταύτην σὺν πόθω,
	καθώσπερ εἶχον ἐκ χρυσοῦ σὺν ἀργύρω
	ἐκ χρυσουφοῦς κοκκινοχρόου πέπλ(ου)·
	ἐκ καρδιακοῦ τοῦ πόθου σοι προσφέρω·
	δέσποινα μ(ῆτ)ερ τοῦ θεανθρώπου λόγου·
	μαρία λάτρ(ις) οἰκέτ(ις) σου γνησία,
	παλαιολόγων ἐκ γένους κατηγμ(έν)η·
	ἡ τῆς ἑώ(ας) βασιλ(ὶς) τ(ῆς) ἁπάσης,
	ἀλλ’ εὐμεν(ῶς) μοι παμβασιλ(ίς) προσέχου,
	ἅ σοι προσάγω σὺν ζεούση καρδία,
	εἰ καὶ τέ(ως) πέφυκ(εν) οὐ κατ’ ἀξίαν·
	καὶ πρὸς μον(ὰς) σκήνου με τ(ὰς) οὐ(ρα)νίους·
	πρὸς τὴν ἀγήρω τ(ῆς) ἐδὲμ κατοικί(αν): +

Type(s)	[5389] Ἔδει μὲν ἴσως τῇ παναχράντῳ Κόρῃ (48 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1276-1350
Manuscript	SOFIA - Centar I Dujcev D. gr. 177 [11th-12th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 246r-246v
Person(s)	Patron Maria Komnena Palaiologina (13th-14th c.) (basilis, despoina, kyra, latres, oiketes)
Palaeographical information	Written in two columns, to be read horizontally.
Contextual information	Written at the end of the manuscript.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Devil Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Maria Komnena Palaiologina (13th-14th c.) (basilis, despoina, kyra, latres, oiketes) Theotokos
Image source(s)	https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=35&left=2&top=49&site=INTF&image=31684/0/4950/10/1984 https://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=35&left=2&top=49&site=INTF&image=31684/0/4960/10/1924
Bibliography	Primary C. Asdracha 1995, A Brief Commentary to the Verses of Supplication to the Virgin, dedicated to her by the Despoina of Mongoulion, Cahiers archéologiques, 43, 183-184: 183-184 D. Bianconi, 2018, Cura et studio. Il restauro del libro a Bisanzio, Alessandria: 101-102 G. Krustev 1997, A poem by Maria Comnene Palaeologina from Manuscript No.177 of the Ivan Dujčev Centre for Slavo-Byzantine Studies, Byzantinoslavica, 58(1), 71-77: 72-73 P. Papageorgiou 1894, Αἱ Σέρραι καὶ τὰ προάστεια, τὰ περὶ τὰς Σέρρας καὶ ἡ μονὴ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Προδρόμου, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 3(2), 225-329: 326-327 L. Sherry 1995, The poem of Maria Komnene Palaiologina to the Virgin and Mother of God, the Chorine, Cahiers archéologiques, 43, 181-182: 181-182 N. Teteriatnikov 1996, The dedication of the Chora Monastery in the time of Andronikos II Palaiologos, Byzantion, 66(1), 188-207: 194-195 display 3 more references (6 in total) hide 3 references (6 in total) Secondary A. Džurova, P. Canart, 2011, Le rayonnement de Byzance Les manuscrits grecs enluminés des Balkans (VIè-XVIIIè siècles), Catalogue d'exposition (XXIIe Congrès International d'Études Byzantines, Sofia, 22-27 août 2011, Sofia: 41 A. Talbot 2014, Female Patronage in the Palaiologan Era: Icons , Minor Arts and Manuscripts, in M. Mullett, M. Grünbart, L. Theis, G. Fingarova, M. Savage (eds.), Female Founders in Byzantium and Beyond, Böhlau, 259-274: 272 N. Teteriatnikov 1995, The Place of the Nun Melania (the Lady of the Mongols) in the Deesis Program of the Inner Narthex of Chora, Constantinople, Cahiers archéologiques, 43, 163-180: 177
Number of verses	48
Related occurrence(s)	[34249] Αἶνον πενιχρὸν ἐκ ῥυπαρῶν χειλέων [1246-1255] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Χ.IV.8 [01/01/1001-31/05/1255] (f. 154r) (4 verses) (1/48)
Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'. Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Transcriber(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Maria Tomadaki, Nina Vanhoutte, Julián Bértola, 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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Occurrence 22253 (formerly occ/6128)

Occurrence 22253
(formerly occ/6128)