Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Occurrence 32508

	Ἡ τὰς πύλας κλείσασα τῆς ἁμαρτίας
	καὶ τὰς πύλας δείξασα τῆς σωτηρίας,
	εὐσπλαγχνίας ἄνοιξον ἡμῖν τὰς πύλας,
	πόλις θεοῦ πάναγνε καὶ φωτὸς πύλη:-

Type(s)	[32507] Ἡ τὰς πύλας κλείσασα τῆς ἁμαρτίας (4 verses)
Text source	S. Mercati 1970, Lo scriba del codice Ottoboniano greco 441 è il patriarca Constantinopolitano Simeone I, in S. Mercati (ed.), Collectanea Byzantina (vol. 2), Bari, 11-15: 12-13
Text status	Text completely known
Date	1477
Manuscript	VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Ottob. gr. 441 [1477]
Place in Manuscript	f. 429v
Person(s)	Scribe Symeon Amathoisios (1426-1450 - 1486) - RGK: III.593 - VGH: 408.A - PLP: XI.27068 (archithytes, hieromonachos of Trapezous < Turkey, patriarches of Konstantinoupolis < Turkey, thytes)
Contextual information	The epigram is followed by two more poems.
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Subject(s)	Theotokos
Number of verses	4
Acknowledgements	Creator(s) Anne-Sophie Rouckhout Contributor(s) 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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