Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24091
(formerly occ/8053)

	Ζώαρχε χ(ριστ)ὲ τοῦ θ(εο)ῦ πατρὸς λόγε·
	ταῖς τῆς πανάγνου μητρικαῖς παρρησίαις,
	λιταῖς βασιλειου τε κ(αὶ) γρηγορίου·
	ἔρωτι τὸν γράψαντα τήνδε τὴν δέλτο(ν)
	θεοφάνην φύλαττε, σώζων κ(αὶ) σκέπων:~

Type(s)	[6270] Ζώαρχε Χριστὲ τοῦ θεοῦ πατρὸς λόγε (5 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	10th c.
Manuscript	VENICE - Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana - gr. Z. 58 (coll. 499) [10th c.]
Place in Manuscript	f. 116r
Person(s)	Scribe Theophanes (12th c.)
Palaeographical information	It is written in epigraphische Auszeichnungsmajuskel.
Contextual information	The epigram follows a homily of Basil the Great on Hexaemeron and a homily of Gregory of Nyssa on the creation of humanity. This is the last out of three poems that follow immediately after the aforementioned Homilies.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Basil the Great (330-379) (episkopos of Kaisareia < Cappadocia) Gregory of Nyssa (saint) (4th c.) (episkopos of Nyssa < Cappadocia) Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Theophanes (12th c.)
Bibliography	Primary E. Mioni, 1981, Bibliothecae Divi Marci Venetiarum codices Graeci manuscripti. Thesaurus Antiquus. Codices 1-299 (vol. 1), Rome: 83
Number of verses	5
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Dimitrios Skrekas Contributor(s) Maria Tomadaki, 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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