Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams

Type 2440
(formerly typ/511)

	Ὡς ταξιάρχης τῆς ἄνω σκηπτουχίας,
	πρωτάγγελος πέλων τε ῥῦσαι πταισμάτων
	λιταῖς με ταῖς σαῖς καὶ τρικυμίας βίου.

Text source	T. Matantseva 1996, Eloge des archanges Michel et Gabriel par Michel le moine (BHG 1204a), Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik (JÖB), 46, 97-155: 148
Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Scribe-related epigram Text-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	Michael (archangel)
Tag(s)	Entreaty for first person Prayer
Bibliography	Primary P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, 1899, Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae, Brussels: 159 C. Giannelli, 1950, Codices Vaticani Graeci. Codices 1485-1683 (vol. 5), Vatican City: 417 N. Sietis, 2024, Alle origini della minuscola libraria greca. Catalogo dei manoscritti (vol. 2), Roma: 81
Number of verses	3
Occurrence(s)	[17911] ὡς ταξιάρχης τῆς ἄνω σκηπτουχίας [901-925] VATICAN CITY - Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana - Vat. gr. 1669 [901-925] (f. 171v) (3 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Rachele Ricceri, Eleonora Lauro The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 907: "In s. Michaelem arch."
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Last modified: 2025-04-03.