Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 23411
(formerly occ/7340)

	Ὦ Σταυρέ, Χριστοῦ πύργε, τῶν χριστωνύμων
	ἀρραγὲς ὅπλον, κράτος, ἰσχὺς καὶ σθένος,
	δέχου τὸν ὕμνον εὐμενῶς καί με σκέπε.

Type(s)	[34236] Ὦ Σταυρέ, Χριστοῦ πύργε, τῶν χριστωνύμων (3 verses)
Text source	A. Zervoudaki 2014-2015, Τα βιβλιακά επιγράμματα του κώδικα Scorialensis gr. [403] X. IV. 8, Αριάδνη, 20-21, 99-120: 111
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1246-1255
Manuscript	EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Χ.IV.8 [01/01/1001-31/05/1255]
Place in Manuscript	f. 23v
Person(s)	Scribe Laurentios (13th c.)
Contextual information	The epigram precedes an anonymous canon on the Holy Cross.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Holy Cross Hymnography Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Music
Bibliography	Primary A. Luzzi 2018, La silloge innografica del manoscritto italogreco Scorial. X.IV.8 : Descrizione analitica, Νέα Ῥώμη, 15, 107-136: 112 Secondary G. de Andrés Martínez, 1965, Catálogo de los codices griegos de la Real Biblioteca de El Escorial. Códices 179-420 (vol. 2), Madrid: 333
Number of verses	3
Related occurrence(s)	[34258] Δέχου τὸν ὕμνον εὐμενῶς, Θεητόκε [1246-1255] EL ESCORIAL - Real Biblioteca Χ.IV.8 [01/01/1001-31/05/1255] (f. 159r) (1 verse) (1/3) [18161] ὦ ταξιαρχα τοῦ μοναδικοῦ στίφους [9th c.] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Ottob. gr. 373 [9th c.] (f. 57v) (8 verses) (1/3)
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki 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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