Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2394
(formerly typ/471)

	Ἄναρχε Θεέ, τὸ τρισόλβιον βίος,
	σκέπε, φρούρει, φύλαττε τῷ σοῦ οἰκέτῃ,
	Θεοδώρου λέγω δὴ καὶ θύτην·
	τήρει αὐτὸν εἰς χρόνους ἀπεράντους·
	ὦ Χριστέ μου, σῶσόν με τὸν σὸν οἰκέτην,
	τὸν καὶ γράψαντα ταῦτα, τὴν δέλτον ταύτην
	(...) τοὺς δὲ ἀναγινώσκοντας ταῦτα·
	τήρει αὐτοὺς ἐν τέλει αἰώνων.

Text source	E. Follieri, 1969, Codices graeci Bibliothecae Vaticanae selecti temporum locorumque ordine digesti, commentariis et transcriptionibus instructi, Vatican City: 58
Text status	Text partially unknown
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Jesus Christ (10 BC-1 BC - 30-33) Theodoros (12th c.) - RGK: III.222 - VGH: 141.B
Tag(s)	Completion of the book Entreaty for a third person Entreaty for first person Prayer Self-presentation
Translation(s)	God die niet kan overheerst worden, jij driewerf gelukzalig leven, Bescherm, bewaak en koster jouw dienaar, Ik heb het over de rechtvaardige Theodoros. Red hem tijdens de tijden ná de tijd. Mijn christus, red mij, jouw dienaar, Die dit boek geschreven heeft, En ook de mensen die dit lezen. Bescherm hen in het einde der tijden. Language Dutch Source(s) J. Boeten, S. De Groot 2022, Verzen uit de marge (gehaald): een introductie op Byzantijnse boekepigrammen, Tetradio - Tijdschrift van het Griekenlandcentrum, 30, 11-34: 22
Comment	Text of Follieri (1969: 58) modified by DBBE.
Bibliography	Primary P. Canart, 1970, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1745-1962. Codicum enarrationes (vol. 7.1), Vatican City: 345 F. Dolger 1940, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the year 1200 ed. by Kirsopp Lake and Silvia Lake, Byzantinische Zeitschrift, 40(1), 118-125: 122 F. Euangelatou-Notara, 1982, Σημειώματα ἑλληνικῶν κωδίκων ὡς πηγὴ διὰ τὴν ἔρευναν τοῦ οἰκονομικοῦ καὶ κοινωνικοῦ βίου τοῦ Βυζαντίου ἀπὸ τοῦ 9ου αἰῶνος μέχρι τοῦ ἔτους 1204, Athens: 210
Number of verses	8
Occurrence(s)	[17859] ἄναρχε θεὲ· τῶ τρησώλβιων βήος [1173] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1853 [1173] (f. 124r) (10 verses)
Related type(s)	[4345] Θείου νοητοῦ ἄνθρακας πυρὸς φέρω (29 verses) [1898] ἡ μὲν χεὶρ ἡ γράφουσα σήπεται τάφῳ (2 verses) [2150] Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα (3 verses) [2148] Ὥσπερ ξένοι χαίρουσιν ἰδεῖν πατρίδα (2 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Sarah-Helena Van den Brande, Julián Bértola, Anne-Sophie Rouckhout The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 44: "Librarii subscr."
Permalink	https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/2394

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