Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23207
(formerly occ/7108)

	+ ἐκ σπαργάν(ων) εὗρον σε προστάτ(ιν) κόρη: \|
	καλ(ῶν) \| χορηγ(ὸν) \| κ(αὶ) νοση\|μάτ(ων) λύσ(ιν): \|
	εὑρ(εῖν) \| σε τοί\|νυν ἐκ\|δυσω\|πῶ παρθ(έν)ε· \|
	ῥύστην \| βοηθ(ὸν) \| τῆ τε\|λευ\|ταῖα \| κρί\|σει· \|
	λάτρις ταπεινὸς οἰκέτ(ης) ἰω(άννης) :·

Type(s)	[5804] Ἐκ σπαργάνων εὗρον σε προστάτιν, κόρη (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	14th c.
Manuscript	ATHOS - Mone Megistes Lauras Α 9 (Eustratiades 9) [13th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 1v
Person(s)	Patron Ioannes (13th c.) (latres, oiketes)
Contextual information	The epigram is written around a miniature of the patron kneeling before the Theotokos, who is holding Christ.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Image-related epigram Patron-related epigram
Subject(s)	Ioannes (13th c.) (latres, oiketes) Theotokos
Comment	Image available also in Carr (1982: fig. 1) and Rhoby (2018: 760).
Image source(s)	http://ntvmr.uni-muenster.de/community/modules/papyri/?zoom=51&left=5&top=5&site=INTF&image=31446/0/20/20/6
Bibliography	Primary S. Eustratiades 1917, Ἁγιορειτικῶν κωδίκων σημειώματα, Γρηγόριος ὁ Παλαμᾶς, 1, 49-771: 52 A. Rhoby, 2018, Ausgewählte Byzantinische Epigramme in Illuminierten Handschriften, Wien: 214-215 A. Weyl Carr 1982, Gospel Frontispieces from the Comnenian Period, Gesta, 21, 3-20: 6-7
Number of verses	5
Acknowledgements	Inspection of the manuscript image was possible by courtesy of the 'Institut für Neutestamentliche Textforschung'. Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Transcriber(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout, Rachele Ricceri
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