Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 24600
(formerly occ/8569)

	τήν στ(αυ)ρέ χ(ριστὸ)ς ἐκπιῶν δίκην θέλ(ων): \|
	ἓν δήθεν ἥχεν ὡς ἀβούλητ(ον) πόμ(α): \|
	παθῶν με σώζει κ(αὶ) θαν(ῶν) ζῆ τὴν κτίσ(ιν): \|
	ο προ(σ)παγεὶς δὲ σαρκί τούτω τ(ω) τύπ(ω): \|
	θ(εό)ς σέσωκεν ἐξ ἅδου δεσμ(ων) λύσ(ας):· \|
	τοῦ προσκυνήν σου τὸ κρατως \| σεσωσμ(έν)ο(ς):· \|
	ὦ π(ατ)ρικῶν φῶς ὦ τρ(ὶς) ἥλι(ον) κράτ(ος): \|
	ὦ τρισσοφεγγὲς λαμπ(ὰς) ὦ ζωηφόρε: \|
	ὦ τρ(ισ)μέγιστ(ον) τ(ῆς) θεαρχίας σέλας: \|
	φρούρει σκέπε τ(ὸν) πόθω κτησάμ(ε)\|νόν με: \|\|
	(...)μὸν γένοιτο εἰς ἅπαντά μου χρόν(ον)

Type(s)	[6419] Σήν, σταυρέ, Χριστὸς ἐκπιεῖν δίκην θέλων (11 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Autopsy of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1116
Manuscript	MESSINA - Biblioteca Universitaria - S. Salv. 117 [1115-1116]
Place in Manuscript	f. 239v
Contextual information	Eleventh in a series of epigrams. Written without distinction with the one that precedes, 'πάλαι μὲν ὀρφευς τὴν λύρ(αν) κρού(ων)', and the one which follows, 'ὦ στ(αυρὸ)ς βλεπόντων ἀστραπῆ φόρ(ον) σέλ(ας)'.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Text-related epigram
Subject(s)	Holy Cross Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33)
Bibliography	Primary G. Parpulov, 2014, Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, Plovdiv: 240
Number of verses	11
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki Transcriber(s) Nina Sietis Contributor(s) Nina Sietis, Rachele Ricceri The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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