Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 22746
(formerly occ/6634)

	Στίχοι τῆς μεγάλης παρασκευῆς

	Σταυρῷ βλέπων σε τὸν Θεὸν καὶ δεσπότην
	δέδοικα φρίττων καὶ πτοοῦμαι καὶ τρέμω.
	ὃς οὐρανοὺς ἔτεινας, ἥπλωσας χθόνα,
	πῶς χεῖρας ἐξήπλωσας ἐν σταυροῦ ξύλῳ,
	ἥλων δὲ πῶς ἤνεγκας ἀλγεινοὺς πόνους,
	πλευρὰν ἐνύγης, ᾑμάτωσας τοὺς πόδας;
	ἃ μὴ φέρουσα σείεται χθὼν αὐτίκα,
	σκοτίζεται δὲ λαμπρὸν ἡλίου σέλας,
	καταπέτασμα σχίζεται θείου δόμου,
	θραύουσι πέτραι καὶ τρέμει πᾶσα κτίσις.
	θρηνεῖ τεκοῦσα καὶ μαθητὴς δακρύοις.

Type(s)	[5524] Σταυρῷ βλέπων σε τὸν Θεὸν καὶ δεσπότην (11 verses)
Text source	H. Hunger 1982, Gregorios von Korinth Epigramme auf die Feste des Dodekaorton, Analecta Bollandiana, 100, 637-651: 642
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1251-1300
Manuscript	VIENNA - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (ÖNB) - theol. gr. 128 [1251-1300]
Place in Manuscript	f. 73v
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the bottom of the folio that contains the beginning of Gregorios Pardos' Commentary on the Triodion of Great Friday by Kosmas the Melodist. It is the sixth in a series of twelve such epigrams.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Holy Cross Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Theotokos
Bibliography	Primary H. Hunger, O. Kresten, C. Hannick, 1984, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek. Codices Theologici 101-200 (vol. 3.2), Vienna: 101 N. Zagklas 2022, Gregory of Corinth: A Cycle of Epigrams on the Dodecaorton, in F. Spingou (ed.), The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (vol. 2), Cambridge / New York, 1311-1324: 1316
Number of verses	11
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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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