Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 25041
(formerly occ/9042)

	δέχνυσο τοῖ(ον) δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο,
	ὀλβιόδωρε ἄνασσα κυδίστη ἀριστοτόκεια·
	νυὲ χαριτοπρόσωπε μεγασθενέ(ων) βασιλή(ων)·
	ἣν πλέον ἀστράπτουσ(αν) εὐβλεφάροιο σέλοιο
	εἰς γάμον ὄλβιον ήρατο νυμφιδί(οις) ἐπὶ λέκτρ(οις),
	πορφυρόπ(αις) γόνο(ς) αὐσονάνακτος καρτεροθύμου,
	ἀνδρόνικο(ς) μεγάθυμο(ς) εὐμελίης πο
	ᾧ γέρα πρῶτα σεβαστοκρατορί(ης) νεῖμ’
	εἰς τοίνυν λυκάβαντας ἀπειρεσί(ους)

Type(s)	[3954] Δέχνυσο τοῖον δῶρον ἀφ’ ἡμετέροιο πόνοιο (9 verses)
Text source	DBBE (Inspection of a reproduction of the manuscript)
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1476-1500
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Barb. gr. 30 [1476-1500]
Place in Manuscript	f. 56r
Contextual information	The epigram is written at the end of Constantine Manasses' 'Compendium chronicum'.
Metre(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Genre(s)	Patron-related epigram
Subject(s)	Andronikos Komnenos (12th c.) - PBW: Andronikos/109/ - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PLP: - PMBZ: Eirene Sebastokratorissa (12th c.) - PBW: Eirene/20115/ - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PLP: - PMBZ:
Comment	The ending of the last three verses is missing.
Image source(s)	https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Barb.gr.30/0116
Bibliography	Primary V. Capocci, 1958, Codices Barberiniani Graeci. Codices 1-163 (vol. 1), Vatican City: 31 O. Lampsidis 1984, Zur Sebastokratorissa Eirene, Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik (JÖB), 34, 91-105: 103
Number of verses	9
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Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Maria Tomadaki - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Transcriber(s) Maria Tomadaki - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: Contributor(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout - RGK: - VGH: - PBE: - PBW: - PLP: - PMBZ: The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
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